ABSTRACT
Most of the discussion of the book has been directed at community-based practitioner-planners. This is in recognition that there is an urgent need to hasten changes in the current practice of planning to reflect better the new and constantly changing realities of the global knowledge economy and network society. However, it also is important to stimulate academic and universitybased planning practitioners to change their practice. Through their students and research, planning academics have an important role to play in contributing to the transformation of the planning profession as has been advocated by Graham and Healey, Sanyal, Markusen and Brooks (see Part II, p. 40). This transformation should result in planning practice that is compatible with the new and dynamic relationalities of the global knowledge economy and network society.
