Relational Planning: Tracing Artefacts, Agency and Practices (1st ed. 2018)
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- Synopsis
- This volume introduces the notion of ‘relational planning’ through a collection of theoretical and empirical contributions that explore the making of heterogeneous associations in the planning practice. The analytical concept builds on recent approaches to complexity and materiality in planning theory by drawing on Science and Technology Studies (STS) of urban issues. It frames planning as a socio-material practice taking place within the multifaceted relations between artefacts, agency and practices. By way of this triad, spatial planning is not studied as a given, linear or technical process but rather problematized as a hybrid, distributed and situational practice. The inquiries in this collection thus describe how planning practices are negotiated and enacted in and beyond formal arenas and procedures of planning, and so make visible the many sites, actors and means of spatial planning.Addressing planning topics such as ecology, preservation, participation, rebuilding and zoning, this volume takes into account the uncertain world planning is embedded in. The implications of such a perspective are considered in light of how planning is performed and how it contributes to the emergence of specific socio-material forms and interactions. This is an invaluable read for all scholars of STS, Ecology, Architecture and Urban Planning.
- Copyright:
- 2018
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783319604626
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783319604619
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 06/28/22
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- N/A
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Earth Sciences, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Monika Kurath
- Edited by:
- Marko Marskamp
- Edited by:
- Julio Paulos
- Edited by:
- Jean Ruegg
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