scholarly journals Agonistic planning theory revisited: The planner’s role in dealing with conflict

2020 ◽  
pp. 147309522095320
Author(s):  
Manfred Kühn
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Productive Force ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Positive View ◽  
Communicative Planning ◽  
Theory View ◽  
Partial Division

Approaches from agonistic planning theory view conflict as immanent to pluralistic democracies and criticize communicative planning theories for disregarding such conflict and relying too much on consensus and cooperation. This criticism has led to a partial division between agonistic and communicative planning theories. The article presents the basic principles of agonistic planning theory and develops a criticism of its biasedly positive view of conflict as a productive force, as well as the significant gap between its theory and practice. In order to expand the scope of planning and to bridge this gap between theory and practice, the article distinguishes between three ideal types of dealing with conflict: (a) avoidance of conflict that is understood as disruptive, (b) conflict as an occasion for participation and consensus building, and (c) acceptance of conflict. These passive, reactive, and proactive manners of dealing with conflict are assigned to the comprehensive-rationalistic, communicative, and agonistic planning theories. Because these ideal types occur in practice in various mixed forms, the theoretical framework may help to understand and analyze the politics of planning. Finally, the article presents some planning challenges and dilemmas with regard to the ongoing transition towards pluralist democracies.

RESEARCH OF PRINCIPLES OF PEDESTRIAN AREAS DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN CENTERS BY THE EXAMPLE OF TOGLIATTI

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 122-126
Author(s):  
Dmitry B. VERETENNIKOV ◽  
Veronica M. KUZNETSOVA
Keyword(s):  
Public Spaces ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Town Planning ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Current State ◽  
Global Trend ◽  
The World ◽  
The City

The system of organization of pedestrian traffi c is one of the urgent problems of the modern city. The aim of this work is to study the trends in the development of pedestrian spaces in the world, as the global trend and preconditions validation of this trend for the city of Togliatt i, a town-planning trends relevant for him. The article reveals the general typological principles and patt erns of occurrence of the pedestrian streets. In accordance with the purpose of research, the article describes the basic principles of pedestrian spaces and the current methods of their design. The att ention is focused on the current state of the issue in urban planning theory and practice. Formulated practical relevance and the need to establish in the city of Togliatt i such public spaces as pedestrian streets.

Theoretical Ecology

2007 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Theoretical Ecology ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Interacting Populations ◽  
Novel Material ◽  
Ecological Science

Robert May's seminal book has played a central role in the development of ecological science. Originally published in 1976, this influential text has overseen the transition of ecology from an observational and descriptive subject to one with a solid conceptual core. Indeed, it is a testament to its influence that a great deal of the novel material presented in the earlier editions has now been incorporated into standard undergraduate textbooks. It is now a quarter of a century since the publication of the second edition, and a thorough revision is timely. Theoretical Ecology provides a succinct, up-to-date overview of the field set in the context of applications, thereby bridging the traditional division of theory and practice. It describes the recent advances in our understanding of how interacting populations of plants and animals change over time and space, in response to natural or human-created disturbance. In an integrated way, initial chapters give an account of the basic principles governing the structure, function, and temporal and spatial dynamics of populations and communities of plants and animals. Later chapters outline applications of these ideas to practical issues including fisheries, infectious diseases, tomorrow's food supplies, climate change, and conservation biology. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on questions which as yet remain unanswered. The editors have invited the top scientists in the field to collaborate with the next generation of theoretical ecologists. The result is an accessible, advanced textbook suitable for senior undergraduate and graduate level students as well as researchers in the fields of ecology, mathematical biology, environmental and resources management. It will also be of interest to the general reader seeking a better understanding of a range of global environmental problems.

A Materialist Basis for Planning Theory and Practice: Comments on the Papers by Roweis and by Forester

1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Jensen-Butler
Keyword(s):  
Social Practice ◽  
Scientific Explanation ◽  
Qualitative Change ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Rational Approach ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
Base Analysis ◽  
Epistemological Position

Analysis of the practice of planning is increasingly being used to develop planning theory, The papers by Roweis and Forester in the second issue of Environment and Planning D: Society and Space base analysis of planning practice on hermeneutic, linguistic, and phenomenological approaches, as an alternative to the technical -rational approach to planning theory, In the present paper, I argue that the approaches adopted by these two authors create more problems than they solve, and a critique of Roweis's and Forester's theoretical ideas is made, It is argued that these approaches rest upon idealist ontological assumptions, rendering explanation of qualitative change (development) impossible. Discussion of Giddens's concept of structuration and of the negative consequences for scientific explanation of Habermas's epistemological position is presented, as both approaches are used by Roweis and Forester. Criticism is also made of the separation of territorial relations from relations of substance. Finally, the serious consequences of their approaches for scientific and social practice are outlined. I conclude that this type of approach cannot provide a satisfactory basis for planning theory, and furthermore, that the approach is inherently conservative. Some ideas arc presented concerning planning theory based on materialist ontological foundations.

Strategic collection planning: Theory and practice

Zoo Biology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hutchins ◽  
Kevin Willis ◽  
Robert J. Wiese
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory

scholarly journals Constitutional and post-constitutional problems: Reconsidering the issues of public interest, agonistic pluralism and private property in planning

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Moroni
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Private Property ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Ownership Of Land ◽  
Planning Problems ◽  
Agonistic Pluralism

In the field of planning theory the discussion often seems to assume that all problems – for example, ethical or political ones – pertain to a single level or dimension. In fact, different and clearly separate “levels”, which raise problems of different kinds, can be distinguished. A “multi-level” approach therefore seems necessary. The underlying idea is that it is essential to distinguish more sharply between two analytical levels: the constitutional and post-constitutional levels. These levels are here understood mainly as analytical levels; that is, as standpoints that anyone can – at any time and even only hypothetically – assume to posit certain problems at the appropriate level and treat them by acknowledging the argumentative requirements suited to that level. This article uses such a multi-level approach to address three fundamental and currently much debated problems of planning theory and practice: the issue of “agonistic pluralism”; the issue of “public interest”; the question of “private ownership (of land)”. The contribution of this article falls within the neoinstitutionalist approaches to planning. The belief is that these approaches are shedding new light on planning problems and that research in this direction should be expanded. In this regard, this article attempts to make a contribution to this research perspective especially in analytical and methodological terms.

scholarly journals On Time and Planning: Opening Futures by Cultivating a “Sense of Now”

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Laurian ◽  
Andy Inch
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Clock Time ◽  
The Past ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Improve Planning

Planning seeks to shape sociospatial outcomes but is also, by nature, future oriented. Yet, planning theory and practice have paid relatively little attention to ongoing debates about changing social relations to time. Building on a wide range of disciplines, we review the multiple temporalities through which lives are lived, the modern imposition of clock time, postmodern acceleration phenomena in the Anthropocene, and their implications for planning’s relationship to the past, present, and future and for planning theory. We discuss how thinking more and differently about time might challenge and improve planning by helping theory do better justice to the complexity of practice. We conclude by outlining eight propositions for rethinking planning’s relationship to time.

scholarly journals Planning to care: the case for a broader implementation of therapeutic planning

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Alton
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Planning Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Relationship

Planning does not see itself as a caring profession, yet there are elements of care that underlie the relationship between planners and the public. Therapeutic planning is an emerging approach to planning that has shown promise at building on those elements of care and reimagining planning as healing and transformative for planners and the public. However, therapeutic planning has so far only been used as a specialized practice when planning with indigenous communities. Through an analysis of the literature on planning theory and therapeutic planning practice, this study seeks to build a case for a broader application of therapeutic planning. Key findings of this analysis show that therapeutic planning has the capacity to improve planners’ ability to address trauma, conflict and reconciliation. This ends with a concrete set of recommendations to guide the profession in embracing its potential for care. Key words: An article on urban planning theory and practice, used the key words: therapeutic; planning; caring; communication; profession.

scholarly journals New Urbanism as Urban Political Development: Racial Geographies of ‘Intercurrence’ across Greater Seattle

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-428
Author(s):  
Yonn Dierwechter
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Urban Politics ◽  
New Urbanism ◽  
American Political Development ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Planning Theory ◽  
Simultaneous Operation ◽  
Place Making ◽  
Policy Regimes ◽  
New Urbanist

While New Urbanism is now subject to a range of theorizations from different perspectives and disciplinary approaches, it is rarely framed as part of a society’s overall political development. This article explores New Urbanism through recently ‘cosmopolitanized’ and ‘urbanized’ theories of American Political Development (APD). For many years, APD scholars like Skowronek and Orren have emphasized the conceptual importance of ‘intercurrence,’ which refers to the simultaneous operation of multiple political orders in specific places and thus to the tensions and abrasions between these orders as explanations for change. Urban scholars have engaged with these ideas for some time, particularly in studies of urban politics and policy regimes, but APD’s influence on urban planning theory and practice remains underdeveloped. This article takes up this lacuna, applying select APD ideas, notably intercurrence, to understand how multi-scalar governments develop space though New Urbanist theories of place-making, with special attention paid to race. Examples from metropolitan Seattle are used to illustrate (if not fully elaborate) the article’s overall arguments and themes.

Multifactorial approach to preparing Russian young people for a future profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (40) ◽  
pp. 169-177
Author(s):  
Galina G. Artyushina ◽  
Sergey Yu. Poberezhsky ◽  
Lyudmila A. Lavrova ◽  
Natalya A. Greshnevikova ◽  
Gennady V. Tikhonov
Keyword(s):  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Thought Processes ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Innovative Teaching ◽  
Continuous Formation ◽  
Creative Education ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Multifactorial Approach

This article examines the theory and practice of a multi-level system of continuous innovative education. The pedagogical system of multilevel continuous creative education is considered in detail, and sufficient creative pedagogical methods are put forward for the formation of creative thinking and the development of students' creative abilities. Creative approach provides teachers and students with intellectual tools for the formation of creative systems thinking, teaches them to look at the world systematically and manage thought processes. Innovative teaching methods in the continuous formation of a multilevel system of creative thinking provide the basic principles of teaching by changing the structure of the lessons and implementing their original content. Using them, it is possible to significantly accelerate the solution of a pressing problem in Russia: formation of a creative personality of students.

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