1,ABSTRACT This paper examines how a formal urban planning consultancy, in this case one created by the Internati onal Society of Urban and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), contributes to the communicative planning actions of cities. Using the ISOCARP UPAT experience in the Mexican City of Guadalajara, which will be hosting th e 2011 Pan American Games, the paper focuses on three meta-communication
... [Show full abstract] questions including issues related to sharpening plan ideas, improved public p articipation, and improved communication among agents involved in the planning and delivery of both an ev ent and its legacies. Reflections from consideratio n of communication,theory finalize the paper.