ABSTRACT
Since the 1970s, there has been a remarkable flowering of research and publications about the history of urban and regional planning. This growth has been apparent in most major world regions, though it has been most striking in the affluent countries with the most developed higher-education and research infrastructure. These also tend to have the most elaborate and historically rooted modern planning traditions. In general, planning history has come from individual researchers, or from small research teams or clusters based in a variety of academic disciplines, including planning, history, geography, architecture, and history of art. Yet, although some work was directly supported by specific research grants, research in planning history has not generally been a high priority for major research funders.
