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Place Identity, Participation and Planning (Hardcover)
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Place Identity, Participation and Planning (Hardcover)
Series: RTPI Library Series
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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.
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