Which City? Grounding Contemporary Urban Theory

2021 ◽  
pp. 088541222110027
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Phelps
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
The City ◽  
Spatially Differentiated

It remains common for the city to be treated as an undifferentiated unit in urban theory. This review of literature reveals that extant urban theory has been or can be inflected with a greater sense of intra- and interurban difference registering in implications for planning policy and practice pertaining to different substantive concerns and at different geographical scales. The article argues that we need to continue to pay attention to the spatially differentiated character of the urban if we are to advance urban planning thought and practice under contemporary conditions of extended urbanization.

scholarly journals Death in the Peripheries: Planning for Minority Ethnic Groups beyond “the City”

2021 ◽  
pp. 0739456X2110432
Author(s):  
Yasminah Beebeejaun ◽  
Katie McClymont ◽  
Avril Maddrell ◽  
Brenda Mathijssen ◽  
Danny McNally
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Ethnic Minority ◽  
Minority Groups ◽  
British Society ◽  
Ethnic Minority Groups ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Minority Ethnic Groups ◽  
The City ◽  
Minority Ethnic

“Deathscapes” constitute a growing field of research, yet the topic remains widely neglected within urban planning. In this paper, we examine the adequacy of existing provision for death, remembrance, and the disposal of body remains for ethnic minority groups living in four British towns: Huddersfield, Newport, Northampton, and Swindon. We show how the needs of ethnic minority groups are routinely peripheralized through a lack of acknowledgment of diverse cultural and religious needs. The paper argues that the failure of contemporary planning policy and practice to address the intersections between death and ethnicity has contributed to ongoing forms of exclusion from the British society.

scholarly journals Application of Low-carbon Urban Theory in Urban Planning

1970 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ma Jingjuan
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

Abstract: At present, the pace of construction and development in China is getting faster and faster. The development of industrialization has also promoted the social productive forces of our country and the economic level of our country. In addition,the industrialization has greatly promoted the development of our country. The development of urban and rural integration.The area of the city is growing, and the number of people living in the city is growing, and there is a growing trend.

The discursive uses of Jane Jacobs for the genderfying city: Understanding the productions of space for post-Fordist gender notions

Urban Studies ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marguerite van den Berg
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Production Of Space ◽  
Urban Theory ◽  
Jane Jacobs ◽  
Labour Participation ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
The City ◽  
Gender Revolution

The massive increases in women’s labour participation and the return of families with children to the city are often overlooked in understanding contemporary views on urban planning, despite decades of feminist urban theory. This article proposes to understand what is termed the ‘urban gender revolution’ through looking closely at the celebration of Jane Jacobs as the planning hero of the day. Zooming in on the city of Amsterdam, this article offers a case study of the popularity of Jane Jacobs to investigate the production of space for post-Fordist gender notions – genderfication – and to ask the question what new forms of exclusions are the result of this perhaps less sexist city (when compared to the modernist patriarchal ideal that Jacobs rallied against). In addition, it posits that the genderfication-project may help to overcome inequalities along gender lines; it underlines those along class lines.

Operationalising Resilience Within Planning Practice

2019 ◽  
pp. 430-446
Author(s):  
Aoife Doyle ◽  
William Hynes ◽  
Ehiaze Ehimen ◽  
Stephen M. Purcell ◽  
Jon Coaffee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
National Borders

Over the past decade the concept of ‘resilience' – broadly viewed as the capacity to plan, prepare, respond and recover from shocks or disturbances - has gained increasing attention within urban planning literature. Yet there remains ongoing debate around how this concept can be operationalised within planning policy and practice. This paper presents emerging findings from two EU funded projects – HARMONISE and RESILENS – which both seek to explore the development of e-tools and processes to equip planners with capabilities to assess and enhance the resilience of existing and future urban development projects. To date, the widespread development and optimisation of such tools (and subsequent exploitation of such functions) have been relatively limited in practice due to a poor understanding of resilience as a concept, and differing conceptualisations of ‘resilience' across cities and national borders. This paper examines some of the key practical challenges in this respect.

scholarly journals KONSEP ASAS PEMBENTUKAN INDIKATOR BANDAR SEJAHTERA MENURUT PERSPEKTIF ISLAM

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norizam Bin Lagiman ◽  
Ibrahim Ngah ◽  
Ismail Mustari ◽  
Siti Norashikin Bashirun
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Well Being ◽  
City Development ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
The City ◽  
Development Result

City is the central development of the human civilization. The emergence of Islam as a greatest religion and most glorious began from the city. The aims of the study are to identify the concepts, principles and characteristics of wellbeing Islamic city and to establish indicators based on Islamic scholars opinion. It is also to measure the level of wellbeing city based on the indicators produced and to identify the implications of planning policy and urban community development. Result shows that, economic, faith and physical scored highest for developing cultural-economic indicators among the population endowment scored min 4.91. Faith-resident reading al-Quran as a daily practice indicator scored 4.90 and physical indicators of the existence of a clean environment scored min 4.89. Overall, the study found that the wellbeing of a city influenced by spiritual compared with physical factors.Keywords: Indicator, City, Development, Well Being, Urban Planning

scholarly journals Operationalising Resilience within Planning Practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 42-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aoife Doyle ◽  
William Hynes ◽  
Ehiaze Ehimen ◽  
Stephen M. Purcell ◽  
Jon Coaffee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
National Borders

Over the past decade the concept of ‘resilience' – broadly viewed as the capacity to plan, prepare, respond and recover from shocks or disturbances - has gained increasing attention within urban planning literature. Yet there remains ongoing debate around how this concept can be operationalised within planning policy and practice. This paper presents emerging findings from two EU funded projects – HARMONISE and RESILENS – which both seek to explore the development of e-tools and processes to equip planners with capabilities to assess and enhance the resilience of existing and future urban development projects. To date, the widespread development and optimisation of such tools (and subsequent exploitation of such functions) have been relatively limited in practice due to a poor understanding of resilience as a concept, and differing conceptualisations of ‘resilience' across cities and national borders. This paper examines some of the key practical challenges in this respect.

Operationalising Resilience Within Planning Practice

2018 ◽  
pp. 662-678
Author(s):  
Aoife Doyle ◽  
William Hynes ◽  
Ehiaze Ehimen ◽  
Stephen M. Purcell ◽  
Jon Coaffee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Ongoing Debate ◽  
The Past ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
National Borders

Over the past decade the concept of ‘resilience' – broadly viewed as the capacity to plan, prepare, respond and recover from shocks or disturbances - has gained increasing attention within urban planning literature. Yet there remains ongoing debate around how this concept can be operationalised within planning policy and practice. This paper presents emerging findings from two EU funded projects – HARMONISE and RESILENS – which both seek to explore the development of e-tools and processes to equip planners with capabilities to assess and enhance the resilience of existing and future urban development projects. To date, the widespread development and optimisation of such tools (and subsequent exploitation of such functions) have been relatively limited in practice due to a poor understanding of resilience as a concept, and differing conceptualisations of ‘resilience' across cities and national borders. This paper examines some of the key practical challenges in this respect.

Indicators of a health-promoting local food environment: a conceptual framework to inform urban planning policy and practice

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maureen Murphy ◽  
Hannah Badland ◽  
Mohammad Javad Koohsari ◽  
Thomas Astell-Burt ◽  
Georgina Trapp ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Local Food ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Policy ◽  
Health Promoting

Book Review

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 386-389
Author(s):  
Eduardo Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Design ◽  
Olympic Games ◽  
City Image ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World ◽  
The City ◽  
The Olympic Games

Evinç Doğan (2016). Image of Istanbul, Impact of ECoC 2010 on The City Image. London: Transnational Press London. [222 pp, RRP: £18.75, ISBN: 978-1-910781-22-7]The idea of discovering or creating a form of uniqueness to differentiate a place from others is clearly attractive. In this regard, and in line with Ashworth (2009), three urban planning instruments are widely used throughout the world as a means of boosting a city’s image: (i) personality association - where places associate themselves with a named individual from history, literature, the arts, politics, entertainment, sport or even mythology; (ii) the visual qualities of buildings and urban design, which include flagship building, signature urban design and even signature districts and (iii) event hallmarking - where places organize events, usually cultural (e.g., European Capital of Culture, henceforth referred to as ECoC) or sporting (e.g., the Olympic Games), in order to obtain worldwide recognition. 

Problems of Analysis of Design and Research Methods of Interaction with the Urban Environment

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-110
Author(s):  
П. В. Капустин ◽  
А. И. Гаврилов
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Urban Studies ◽  
Environmental Movement ◽  
The Past ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Historical Dynamics ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The City ◽  
Research And Design

Состояние проблемы. Проблематика городской среды заявила о себе в 1960-е годы как протест против модернистских методов урбанизма и других видов проектирования. Средовое движение не случайно тогда именовали «антипрофессиональным» - оно было направлено против устоявшихся и недейственных методов работы с городом - от исследования до управления. За прошедшие десятилетия в рамках самого средового движения и его идейных наследников наработано немало методов и приемов работы, однако они до сих не подвергались анализу как пребывающая в исторической динамике целостная совокупность инструментария, альтернативного традиционному градостроительству. Результаты. Рассмотрены особенности и проблемы анализа методологического «арсенала» средового движения и урбанистики. Методы работы с городской средой впервые структурированы по типам знания. Показана близость методов исследовательского и проектного подходов в отношении городской среды. Выводы. В ближайшее время можно ожидать появления новых синтетических знаний и частных методологий, связанных как с обострением средовой проблематики, с расширением круга средовых акторов, так и с процессом профессионализации урбанистики. Statement of the problem. The urban environment paradigm emerged in the 1960s as a protest against the modernist methods of urbanism and other types of design. It was no coincidence that the environmental movement was back then called "anti-professional" as it was directed against the established and ineffective methods of working with the city, i. e., from research to management. Over the past decades, within the framework of the environmental movement and its ideological heirs, a lot of methods and have been developed. However, they have not yet been analyzed as an integral set of tools in the historical dynamics which is an alternative to traditional urban planning. Results. The features and problems of the analysis of the methodological “arsenal” of environmental movement and urban studies are considered. The methods of working with the urban environment are first structured according to the types of knowledge. The proximity of research and design approaches in the case when the urban environment is dealt with is shown. Conclusions. In the nearest future, we can expect new synthetic knowledge and particular methodologies related to both the exacerbation of environmental problems to emerge as well as the expansion of the circle of environmental actors and the process of professionalization of urbanstics.

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