In this working paper we seek to contribute to debates about the scaling up of citizen participation in towns and cities of the Global South through a focus on participatory planning. Our contribution is three-fold. First, we discuss existing experiences of integrating participation into...

This presentation was my Chief Guest Address delivered at Corridors, City Regions and Cities in Urban and Regional Development - An International Seminar By School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada. Date: 22nd November, 2013. I briefly profile the city, locating Bangalore in the...

This paper sketches recent developments of Japanese urban development law, while highlighting a number of developments linked to the effort of decentralization. It should be emphasized that the policy of decentralization is linked to citizens’ participation on one hand and to deregulation...