ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author uses her own research on the evolution and subsequent institutionalization of a new planning arrangement between Indigenous peoples and the Government of British Columbia to reflect on travelling ideas in planning theory. She attempts to apply the Institutional Capacity Development (ICD) Framework to draw attention to the converse problem of what factors and experiences are not adequately picked up when a travelling idea lands in a new locale. The ICD Framework was developed to enhance understanding of the potentially transformative power of a more deliberative approach to spatial planning that promotes greater coordination amongst different governance actors. More specifically, it looks at the transferability of P. Healey and her colleagues' ICD Framework: a set of ideas about how collaborative planning can contribute to broader processes of institutional change. The author’s research on Indigenous peoples' experience of natural resource planning in British Columbia's Central Coast is situated in an equally complex governance landscape.
