Travel demand modeling is a core technology of transportation planning and has been so for half a century. This technology refers to the structured use of mathematical formulae and spatial data to forecast the likely travel impacts of possible transportation, land use, and demographic scenarios. Although this planning practice is pervasive, critics have long argued that is has been resistant to innovation. As the policy scenarios explored through modeling become increasingly complex, particularly in the face of climate change, the question arises of whether regional planning agencies will be able to change their practices through implementing innovation. This research addresses this question by examining the history of travel demand modeling as practiced at regional planning agencies, interviewing travel demand modeling experts, conducting detailed case studies of model practice evolution at two metropolitan planning organizations, the San Francisco Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the capital region's Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG), and analyzing the early impacts of California's groundbreaking climate change legislation on the modeling practiced in the Golden State. The findings suggest that far from being a static practice, travel demand modeling at regional agencies has advanced, particularly with public interest in exploring the impacts of major policy interventions. The nature of travel demand models does not naturally foster changes in practice; however, government action can structure the innovation process by establishing clear expectations of agency modeling capabilities to meet legislative mandates, providing resources for investments in new approaches, and creating forums for interagency interaction and information dissemination.

This book contributes to the discourse on planning theory by accentuating the perspective of public innovation. Extending planning theory's traditional two major perspectives - 'Communicate' and 'Calculate' - the book argues that contemporary planning theory should incorporate 'Innovate' as a third perspective. It highlights the multitude of new perspectives that innovative planning can bring to bear on planning theory, as well as showing how the interplay between the three perspectives - 'Communicate', 'Calculate' and 'Innovate' - can help to address vital issues in contemporary societal development.

Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism. The text presents examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms and how they go about implementing those strategies. It includes case studies, end of section key takeaways, exercises, and links to external videos, and an end-of-book glossary. The text is ideal for courses which focus on how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful. Students will learn how to conduct case analyses, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.

This book provides educational planners with the elements of a strategy for implementing innovations at the school level. The author studies the importance of taking the cultural environment into account, highlights the hazards of innovations and presents the reader with a framework for appraising the association between the educational setting and the innovation and planning process.

Innovation Leadership in Practice provides a unique source of new insights on the role of innovation leadership and effective practices through conceptual models, empirical case studies, development interventions, and tools.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in urban and regional planning processes and science, as presented by international researchers at the 11th International Conference on Innovation in Urban and Regional Planning (INPUT), held in Catania, Italy, on September 8-10, 2021. The overarching theme of the conference INPUT 2021 was “Integrating Nature-Based Solutions in Planning Science and Practice”, with contributes focusing on functionality of urban ecosystems toward more healthier and resilient cities, planning solutions for socio-ecological systems, technologies and hybrid models for spatial planning, geodesign, urban metabolism, computational planning, ecosystems services, green infrastructure, climate change adaptation and mitigation, rural landscapes, cultural heritage, and accessibility for urban planning. The conference brought together international scholars in the field of planning, civil engineering and architecture, ecology and social science, to build and consolidate the knowledge and evidence on NBS in urban and regional planning.