This book advocates a fresh approach to planning that anticipates,
rather than reacts to, the changes in climate currently in process.
Today's spatial planning procedures rely on historical evidence instead
of preparing for factors that by definition lie in the future, yet which
are relatively uncontroversial: shortages of water, sea level rise and
rises in average temperatures being but three examples. Arguing for more
flexibility, the contributors view 'complexity' as the key to
transforming the way we plan in order to better equip us to face
uncertainties about our future environment.