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Planning for the Unplanned - Recovering from Crises in Megacities (Paperback, New)
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Planning for the Unplanned - Recovering from Crises in Megacities (Paperback, New)
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How do cities plan for the unplanned? Do cities plan for recovery
from every possible sudden shock? How does one prepare a plan for
the recovery after a tragedy, like the September 11, 2001 terrorist
attacks on New York? The book discovers the systematic features
that contribute to the success of planning institutions. In cities
filled with uncertainty and complexity, planning institutions
effectively tackle unexpected and sudden change by relying on the
old and the familiar, rather than the new and the innovative.
The author argues that planning programs institutions were
successful because they were bureaucratic, and relied on
standardized routines, rigorous sets of established regimes,
familiar programs, and institutionalized hierarchies. Also contrary
to popular perception, neither the leaders at the top of the
institutions nor those workers at the grassroots level were the
most important in the implementation of such routines. The key
actors were middle managers, because they knew the
institutionalstructures inside out, what the routines were and how
to use them, and were successful go-betweens between national
governments and grassroots community groups.
Case studies from Mexico City, Los Angeles and New York provide a
deeper understanding of urban planning processes. The case studies
reveal that systematic institutional analysis helps us understand
what works in planning, and why. They also demonstrate the manner
in which institutional routines serve as powerful and effective
tools for addressing novel situations.
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