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

Author(s):  
David M. Alton

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.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Alton

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.


10.1068/b2633 ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barrie Needham

There is an implicit paradigm in the theory of spatial planning, which we call “spatial planning as a design discipline”. It is implicit in much of planning theory, and the exposition here is in many respects an ordering of ideas from planning theory which have been in circulation for many years. I will make them explicit and relate them to each other in order to lay bare the underlying assumptions, to help planning education, and to improve the relationship between theory and practice. Such an ordering of existing ideas inevitably looks backwards, so I will also investigate how the paradigm presented here relates to some recent innovations in planning theory. Because many of the ideas have been in good currency for a long time, it is probable that they have had a strong influence on planning practice in much of Western Europe: there is not just a paradigm shared by academics but also a discourse shared by academics and practitioners.


Author(s):  
Faranak Miraftab

This article examines the relation between citizenship and urban planning. It discusses the debates on citizenship as theory and practice that mediate the relationship between the state and citizens, and highlights the crisis of the liberal social contract as the fallacy of its promises of equality and freedom are increasingly exposed. The article argues that the goals and objectives of planning practice are complicated by their formulation on a contested terrain of citizenship, and suggests that it is essential for progressive planning to engage with the expanded focus of the citizenship debate, from formal rights to justice and from representative to participatory democracy.


1983 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-479 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Jensen-Butler

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (02) ◽  
pp. 2050007
Author(s):  
Muhammad Mustafa Raziq ◽  
Mansoor Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal ◽  
Malik Ikramullah ◽  
Maha David

This paper looks at the relationship among elements of an organisational structure (i.e. formalisation, centralisation and integration) with project success, and examines whether the relationships are mediated by knowledge sharing. There is limited understanding with regard to how various elements of organisational structure relate to knowledge sharing and project success. Taking a contingency approach and grounding our argument in the resource-based view of the firm, we show that certain elements of organisational structures have positive implications for the project organisation. We draw on survey data from 220 respondents serving in (public and private) project-based telecom service provider firms in Pakistan. Our results show that formalisation and integration are conducive to project success, but centralisation is negatively related to project success. Knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between integration and project success for both the public and private telecom firms, but in case of formalisation, knowledge sharing mediation exists only for the public firms. Based on these results, we draw some implications for theory and practice.


2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 04003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Meerovich

The article criticizes the strategy of spatial development of Russia, legally stated in the government document “The Strategy of Spatial Development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030. A Draft Concept”, released by the Ministry of Economic Development (2016). The author argues that the Strategy only states the existing situation, but does not enumerate a set of measures that are to be undertaken to strengthen the possibility of implementing any development scenario, and does not outline the ways of making assumptions a reality. The paper proves that the postulates of the Soviet settlement doctrine and urban planning theory still deeply impact the contemporary theory and practice of territorial planning.


2019 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 03012
Author(s):  
Zinaida Ivanova

The author raises the issue of improving the public hearing procedure. The author analyses the established practice of public hearings in Russia, criticizes the new Urban Planning Code adopted in the Russian Federation, and expresses her concerns about the violation of its provisions regulating public hearings and discussions. These concerns are the outcome of an extensive in-depth research into the practice of public hearings, the analysis of their minutes and resolutions; the process of monitoring the course of public hearings, and sociological surveys launched among different categories of respondents in Moscow. The author analyzes the findings of the polls launched among Muscovites, as well as the expert interviews given by the deputies of the Moscow State Duma and members of urban initiative groups. The author’s conclusion is that the conversion of public hearings into an efficient public and political institute requires the reconsideration of their organization and implementation processes, let alone the assignment of a legal status to resolutions of public hearings. The author proposes a two-step public hearing model that will make it possible to expose projects to thorough expert evaluations by independent specialists and to launch extensive discussions among urban residents.


Author(s):  
N. P. Zhurin

A publication by G.N. Potanin, a well-known researcher of Siberia and, a prominent representative of Siberian regionalism is studied in the collection “Siberia, its current state and needs”, published in 1908 from the architectural view point. The purpose of this article is to analyze the architectural factor and comments from the contemporary of the urban planning processes in Siberia in the late in the 19th and early 20th centuries, which are interesting for studying the history of architecture in its regional aspect, relevant to the urban planning theory, practice and conservation of the regional architectural heritage. It is shown that G.N. Potanin described the Siberian towns, specifics of their urban construction, special cultural and educational role of public buildings in Siberian conditions of, and residential buildings of urban dwellers. The article presents Potanin‟s opinion on urban development in Tomsk and Irkutsk. Potanin‟s observations associated with the use of solar energy by Siberians in winter time are described including street glazing and a low spacing between large windows on façades and the interiors of residential buildings which experienced a kind of greenhouse effect in winter. The historical architectural materials presented herein are relevant for the modern urban planning theory and practice and can assist in preserving the urban planning heritage of the region. The analysis of Potanin‟s publications related directly to the architectural and town-planning themes, is published for the first time and can be used in the related teaching courses.


Author(s):  
Larisse Medeiros Gonçalves ◽  
Pedro Henrique Da Silva Monteiro ◽  
Luana Santos dos Santos ◽  
Nayane Jaqueline Costa Maia ◽  
Louise Ferreira Rosal

As áreas verdes são descritas como ambientes em que há o predomínio de vegetação arbórea, englobando as praças, os jardins públicos e osparques urbanos, que são espaços livres públicos, cuja fundamental utilidade é o lazer e a aproximação do meio ecológico com o meio urbano. Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal compreender a relação da qualidade de vida com as áreas verdes urbanas, trazendo aporte teórico, bem como conhecer processos do planejamento de arborização urbana, para que se frisem os benefícios da mesma para a população. Para efetivar os resultados foi escolhido o procedimento de revisão bibliográfica, com criteriosas escolhas, para se obter um estudo embasado no que tange a teoria e a prática. Percebeu-se que a partir da discussão dos textos expostos se pode afirmar que existe uma real necessidade de que os municípios tenham em seus projetos de desenvolvimento a implantação arbórea técnica, responsável e pensada, em favor da população residente. Aumentando seus benefícios socioambientais, até mesmo os econômicos. Com isso, deve-se conhecer os vegetais implantados para que estes não tenham conflitos com equipamentos urbanos. Deve-se atentar em implantar árvores que não tenham frutos grandes e prejudiquem a limpeza do ambiente e quem utiliza o espaço, que sejam, também, espécies nativas, menos propensas a não adaptação do local. Existem muitos trabalhos conceituais que fomentam a discussão a respeito do tema, bem como pesquisas atuais, demonstrando que existe uma preocupação crescente relacionada ao planejamento urbano das áreas verdes, porém é preciso mais debates a respeito para que exista a conscientização das entidades responsáveis e beneficiando os residentes e o meio ambiente.Palavras-chave: Planejamento Urbano. Benefícios Socioambientais. Meio Ambiente.AbstractGreen areas are described as environments where there is a predominance of arboreal vegetation, encompassing squares, public gardens and urban parks; they are public spaces whose fundamental utility is the leisure and approach of the ecological environment with theurban environment. The main objective of this work is to understand the relationship between quality of life and urban green areas, bringingtheoretical contribution, as well as knowing the processes of urban afforestation planning, so that the benefits of the same for the population are highlighted. In order to achieve the results, the bibliographic review procedure was chosen, with careful choices, to obtain a study based on theory and practice. It was noticed that from the discussion of the texts presented here, it can be affirmed that there is a real need for the municipalities to have in their development projects the technical and responsible tree plantation in favor of the resident population, and thus increasing their socio-environmental, even economic, benefits. With this, it is necessary to know the implanted vegetables so that they do not have conflicts with urban equipment. Attention should be paid to the implantation of trees that do not have large fruits and that harm the cleanliness of the environment and those who use the space, who are also native species, less prone to non-adaptation of the site. There are many conceptual works that foment the discussion about the theme, as well as, current research, demonstrating that there is a growing concern related to the urban planning of green areas, however, there is a need for more debates about this so that there is awareness of the responsible entities and benefiting residents and the environment.Keywords: Urban Planning. Socio-Environmental Benefits. Environment.


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