Episode 8: "Discussion with Patsy Healey"

About this episode

Yvonne Rydin interviews Patsy Healey about her career and insights into planning theory.

In this episode of the Planning Theory podcast, Yvonne Rydin talks with Patsy Healey about her career as a planning academic and theorist. Patsy published her latest book in 2023 - Caring for Place: community development in rural England (Routledge & RTPI). This provided an opportunity to revisit some key themes in her development of planning theory from a novel perspective.

People in this episode

Host: Yvonne Rydin

Guest: Patsy Healey

Topics covered

• planning theory
• community development
• rural England
• academic career
• theorist discussion

Keywords

• planning theory
• Patsy Healey
• Yvonne Rydin
• community development
• rural England

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Routledge & RTPI

Books & works: Caring for Place: community development in rural England

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