This article focuses on the work and views of planners. Taking a neo-liberal position and in the context of inter-city competition, one might expect the current metropolitan plans for Glasgow, Melbourne and Toronto would pay scant attention to the people and places marginal to the 'new economy'. Proponents of 'third-way' thinking, however, argue plans can be designed to be both competitive and socially inclusive. So what do the planners who drafted the plans say?
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