Spatial Knowledge and Urban Planning

Urban planning is simultaneously shaped by and creates new (spatial) knowledge. The changes in culture that have taken place the last decades—especially so-called communicative turn 1990s—have brought about an increased attention to a growing range of stakeholders urban development, their interests, logics, participation as well negotiation processes between these stakeholders. However, while this has also been researched breadth depth, only scant paid knowledge (claims) In practice, knowledge, implicit explicit, highly relevant topic for quite some time: It discussed how local can inform planning, experimental on development be generated living labs, what infrastructures process “big data” make it usable name few examples. With thematic issue “Spatial Knowledge Planning” we invited articles aiming at exploring diverse understandings influences itself constitutes generation. editorial gives brief introduction general topic. Subsequently, abstracts all illustrate contents offer specific contribution each text carved out. conclusion, common recurring themes remaining gaps open questions interface spatial are discussed.