The Modern Planning History of East Asia: a brief guide from the Japanese perspectives...13-18 Ng’ambo Tuitakayo : reconnecting the Swahili City...25-40 Mapping transition: Divided cities of Jerusalem and Sarajevo...43-55 The passeist, modernist and futurist features of some social housing ensembles built during the transitional period of 1960-1970 (case of “Maurelette” in Marseille)...61-74 Reforming Beijing in The Shadow of Colonial Crisis: Urban Construction for Competing with The Foreign Powers, 1900‐1928...83-94 Public Housing of Early Modern Tianjin (1928-1937)...95-106 Study on Urban Planning and Construction Management Institution of Modern Tianjin...107-120 Resilience of Public Spaces: A Case Study of the Colonies in Ottoman Palestine, 1878-1918...125-134 Landscape-induced Metropolization: revealing the forgotten geography of Paris’ north-eastern suburbs...137-150 The implementation of the neighbourhood unit concept in the Western Garden Cities in Amsterdam in the early post-war period...157-170 Representing Najaf: an investigation into the current pressure on the physical and social fabric of Najaf’s old town...171-172 The Transformation of the Santo Antonio District, in Recife, Brazil, (1938-1949)...173-184 Atifragility and The Right to the City: The regeneration of Al Manshiya and Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv-Jaffa...189-200 (UN)HEALING THE URBAN SCAR IN NICOSIA: SPATIAL AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION IN POST CONFLICT DIVIDED CITIES...201-208 Beyond Soviet Model: Institutional Change and Planning Evolution in Maoist Era’s China...215-224 Determining factors for the urban form and its orientation in Spanish colonial town planning : Planning the town of Guatemala in the 18th century...235-244 The work of the Japanese Specialists for New Khmer Architecture in Cambodia...251-260 Territorial planning in Central America in the XXIst. Century: common trends, originalities, and challenges...275-286 Narratives of a transformation: The role of space in the advent of neoliberal planning in Bogotá....289-302 The renaissance of post-war metropolitan planning in Melbourne, Australia 1949-1954...311-318 Urban formation and cultural transformation in Mughal India...319-329 The paradox of Gordon Cullen: between international celebrity and a limited career abroad...349-360 The Regionalist Vision of Henry Wright: Lessons in Sustainability...367-376 The Lost Identity of Izmir...381-389 The Diplomatic Quarters in Riyadh. A Western-shaped neighborhood in an Islamic city....393-404

Proceedings of the 17th International Planning History Society Conference Delft, Netherlands, EU July 17-21, 2016 Conference theme is History, Urbanism, Resilience. Conference convener: Carola Hein. The 2016 proceeding consists of 7 volumes and 1 Book of Abstracts. The 7 volumes follow the organisation of the conference in 7 themes, each one consisting of 2 tracks and each track consisting of 8 panels of 4-5 presentations. The presentations are divided in abstracts and peer-reviewed full papers, traceable with a DOI number online.