Planning and conflict : critical perspectives on contentious urban developments Planning Conflict discusses the reasons behind and models the shape of conflicts around urban developments in contemporary cities. It offers an interdisciplinary framework for scholars to engage with the issue of planning conflicts focusing on both empirical and theoretical inquiry. By creating a model for planners to engage conflicts and not simply mediate or avoid them Planning Conflict provides a theoretically informed look forward to the future of engaged responsive city development that involves all its stakeholders