Place Identity, Participation and Planning

ISBN-13: 9780415262415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 272 str.

Cliff Hague; Paul Jenkins

Opis

Can regional identities create a more sustainable alternative to the increasingly standardised environments in which we live? Is bottom-up rather than top-down planning possible? Why is the development of housing in the countryside so controversial in Britain, but accepted in Norway and Sweden? What does the Dutch way of managing landscapes demonstrate? How is the EU promoting a new relationship between cities and countryside, and moulding the identity of new D uro-regions D ? This book tackles these questions by looking at the contested identities of areas facing industrial and agricultural change in Scotland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands. The book draws on collaboration between local governments from these four countries in analyzing the changes that are happening in places, identities, and public engagement in the planning process, such as the emergence of new regional bodies which sidestep the nation state in their dealings with the EU. also altering relations between governments and voters, as welfare state paternalism and local representative democracy is overtaken by a new, fragmented politics of identity and lifestyle. These overall themes are introduced in the first three chapters and then explored in relation to specific examples in the second part of the book. Chapters look at the European Spatial Development Perspective and new trans-national D patial Visions D; change in exemplar regions and their sub-regional identities; innovations in strategic regional planning; local involvement in rural development and Local Agenda 21; green belts and the urban fringe; and design and regeneration of small towns. The final chapter reflects on the content and process of creating narratives of place identity through planning. This book has emerged out of planning practice. It draws on insights from geography, politics and cultural studies to analyse how those involved in the planning process are addressing the practical questions posed by urban expansion and the loss of traditional place identities. planning D are being driven through the development of the European Union. The editors argue that globalisation and the politics of neo-liberalism challenge planners everywhere to rethink their assumptions and create a new approach to planning.

Spis treści

PART 1: OBJECTIVES, THEORY AND CONCEPTS 1: Planning and place identity Cliff Hague 2: Space, place and territory: an analytical framework Paul Jenkins 3: Place identity and participation Harry Smith PART 2: RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE 4: Background to place identity and planning across Europe Cliff Hague and Paul Jenkins 5: Regional change and place identity Cliff Hague 6: Territorial and place identities: new collaborations in strategic planning Paul Jenkins 7: Local participation and place identity Karryn Kirk 8: Identity, sustainability and settlement patterns Cliff Hague 9: Design and place identity Marilyn Higgins PART 3: CONCLUSIONS 10: Reconceptualizing the narratives of place identity in planning Paul Jenkins and Cliff Hague

O autorze

Cliff Hague is internationally known as a planning researcher and teacher, and as a Past President of the RTPI. He has participated in a number of projects for the main spatial planning ministry in the UK, including research into international experience of participatory planning and mediation in plan-making, and serving as the UK national Contact Point on a European research programme called ESPON. His interest and experience in international and comparative planning led to his participation in an Interreg project involving Scottish, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish local authorities as partners, and a study of the extent to which Interreg has helped to apply the European Spatial Development perspective. He has co-authored with Karryn Kirk a Scoping Study on Polycentric Urban Development for use by practising planners in Interreg projects. His monthly column in ^D<"Planning^D>" magazine is widely read in the UK and abroad.

Paul Jenkins is an architect by training. He has worked during the past thirty years in, and with, a wide range of organisations. More than 20 years of this has been in Africa. This has been in urban planning and housing, architecture and construction - in policy, practice, training and research. His main research focus is the changing relationship between the state and civil society. Recent research has included: housing policy formulation and governance, urban planning and management, land access, and the effect of globalisation on urban areas. His main interests are widening participation and community empowerment, with a focus on low-income groups. He has also become increasingly involved in promoting participation of civil society in human settlements issues in Europe and Africa. Since 1996 he has been based in Edinburgh.