CONTENTS List of figures vii List of tables ix Illustration credits xi List of contributors xiii Preface xix Acknowledgements xxiii 1 Introduction: the transnational flow of knowledge and expertise in the planning field PATSY HEALEY 1 2Poverty truths: the politics of knowledge in the new global order of development ANANYA ROY 27 3Transnational planners in a postcolonial world STEPHEN V. WARD 47 4Reimagining the American neighborhood unit for India SANJEEV VIDYARTHI 73 5Cities in transition: episodes of spatial planning in modern China BING WANG 95 6Urban sustainability and compact cities ideas in Japan: the diffusion,transformation and deployment of planning concepts ANDRE SORENSEN 117 7When planning ideas land: Mahaweli's people-centered approach NIHAL PERERA 141 8West-East policy transfer in Europe: the case of urban transport policy DOMINIC STEAD, MARTIN DE JONG AND IVETA REINHOLDE 173 9Subaltern speak in a postcolonial setting: diffusing and contesting donor-engendered knowledge in the water sector in Zambia BARBARA MWILA KAZIMBAYA-SENKWE AND PETER LUBAMBO 191 10Women's Safety Audits and Walking School Buses: the diffusion/ de-fusion of two radical planning ideas CAROLYN WHITZMAN AND JANA PERKOVIC 219 11 Institutional biases in the international diffusion of planning concepts SUKUMAR GANAPATI AND NIRAJ VERMA 237 12 Developmental planning for sustainable urbanization in Asia JIEMINGZHU 265 13 A trans-Pacific planning education in reverse: reflections of an American with a Chinese doctorate in urban planning and design DANIEL BENJAMIN ABRAMSON 289 14Crossing borders: do planning ideas travel? JOHN FRIEDMANN 313 15Similarity or differences?: what to emphasize now for effective planning practice BISHWAPRIYA SANYAL 329 Index351