chapter General Introduction -- part PART I Change -- chapter Introduction -- chapter The Knowledge Economy -- chapter The Role of Information and Communication Technology -- chapter Place, Space and ICT -- chapter Issues for the Knowledge Economy -- chapter Conclusion -- part PART II Concepts -- chapter Key Concepts and Their Roots -- chapter Challenges -- chapter Concept to Action -- chapter Old and New Mindset -- part PART III Context -- chapter Introduction -- chapter Context: The Three Global Technology-economic Regions -- chapter North America -- chapter Eastern Asia -- chapter Western Europe -- part PART IV -- chapter Convergence in Place -- chapter From Digital Development to Intelligent Development -- chapter Stakeholders: Actors and Roles -- chapter ALERT Model -- chapter Beyond Talk: New Mindset, Governance, Practice, Equity, Surveys and Scenarios -- chapter Cases of Planning Scenarios -- chapter Policies Change -- chapter Continuous Learning -- chapter Practicing Relational Planning: By Practitioner-planners and Academic Practitioner-planners -- chapter The Profile of the Relational Planner-practitioner -- chapter The Successful Relational Planning Practitioner Will Use the Five Fundamental Relational Planning Lessons and Evaluate the Outcomes of the ALERT Model Process -- chapter Applying Relational Planning to a Nonrelational Planning World -- chapter Some Final Cautions -- chapter Epilogue:New Opportunities and Challenges for Planning Improvement -- part PART V Support -- chapter Relational Planning Concepts, A-Z -- chapter Gottmann Concepts, A-Z -- chapter Planning Activities by Phase of the ALERT Model -- chapter Outline of a Planning Scenario Approach to the Biosciences and the Program Planning Model in East Central Michigan Planning and Development Region (ECMPDR) by Karan Singh, 2004 -- chapter A Time-relational Method:The Program Planning Model.