This collection of articles by Canadian and Israeli academics is divided into three parts; the first deals with general perspectives on planning as a generic activity and its role in a context of conditions of intense change and uncertainty; the second presents a series of illustrations of the dissonance between planning as a force of order set within disorderly environments; and the third provides context for this discussion at the global level and in terms of the reflections of reflections by Israeli and Canadian planners on the issues of planning in turbulence.