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Urban Planning as a Trading Zone (Hardcover, 2013 ed.): Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mantysalo Urban Planning as a Trading Zone (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mantysalo
R4,125 R3,324 Discovery Miles 33 240 Save R801 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Trading zone' is a concept introduced by Peter Galison in his social scientific research on how scientists representing different sub-cultures and paradigms have been able to coordinate their interaction locally. In this book, Italian and Finnish planning researchers extend the use of the concept to different contexts of urban planning and management, where there is a need for new ideas and tools in managing the interaction of different stakeholders. The trading zone concept is approached as a tool in organizing local platforms and support systems for planning participation, knowledge production, decision making and local conflict management. In relation to the former theses of communicative planning theory that stress the ideals of consensus, mutual understanding and universal reason, the 'trading zone approach', outlined in this book, offers a different perspective. It focuses on the potentiality to coordinate locally the interaction of different stakeholders without requiring the deeper sharing of understandings, values and motives between them. Galison's commentary comes in the form of the book's final chapter.

Situated Practices of Strategic Planning - An international perspective (Paperback): Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean... Situated Practices of Strategic Planning - An international perspective (Paperback)
Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean Hillier
R1,381 Discovery Miles 13 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

All over the world societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges. Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe - from France to Australia; from Nigeria to the United States, as it observes international comparisons of the strategic planning process. Many approaches and policies used today fail to capture the dynamics of urban/regional transformation and are more concerned with maintaining an existing social order than challenging and transforming it. Stewarded by a team of highly regarded and experienced researchers, this book gives a synthetic view of the process of change and frames future directions of development. It is unique for its combination of analysis of international case studies and reflection on critical nodes and features in strategic planning. This volume will be of interest to students who study regional planning, academics, professional planners, and policy makers.

Situated Practices of Strategic Planning - An international perspective (Hardcover): Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean... Situated Practices of Strategic Planning - An international perspective (Hardcover)
Louis Albrechts, Alessandro Balducci, Jean Hillier
R4,384 Discovery Miles 43 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

All over the world societies are facing a number of major problems. New developments, challenges and opportunities cause these issues and yet cases tell us that traditional spatial planning responses and tools are often insufficient to tackle these problems and challenges. Situated Practices of Strategic Planning draws together examples from across the globe - from France to Australia; from Nigeria to the United States, as it observes international comparisons of the strategic planning process. Many approaches and policies used today fail to capture the dynamics of urban/regional transformation and are more concerned with maintaining an existing social order than challenging and transforming it. Stewarded by a team of highly regarded and experienced researchers, this book gives a synthetic view of the process of change and frames future directions of development. It is unique for its combination of analysis of international case studies and reflection on critical nodes and features in strategic planning. This volume will be of interest to students who study regional planning, academics, professional planners, and policy makers.

Post-Metropolitan Territories - Looking for a New Urbanity (Paperback): Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci Post-Metropolitan Territories - Looking for a New Urbanity (Paperback)
Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable from those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the shifting concepts of both the city and the metropolis. International literature highlights how what we have historically associated with the idea of cities has long been subjected to consistent reconfiguration, which involves stressing some of the typical features of the idea of "cityness". Post-Metropolitan Territories: Looking for a New Urbanity is the product of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, Universities and Research (MIUR). It constitutes a thorough overview of a country that is one of Europe's most diverse in terms of regional development and performance: Italy. This book brings together case studies of a number of Italian cities and their hinterlands and looks at new forms of urbanization, exploring themes of sustainability, industrialization, de-industrialization, governance, city planning and quality of life. This volume will be of great interest to academics and students who study regional development, economic geography and urban studies, as well as civil servants and policymakers in the field of spatial planning, urban policy, territorial policies and governance.

Post-Metropolitan Territories - Looking for a New Urbanity (Hardcover): Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci Post-Metropolitan Territories - Looking for a New Urbanity (Hardcover)
Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Francesco Curci
R4,513 Discovery Miles 45 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Processes of multi-scalar regional urbanization are occurring worldwide. Such processes are clearly distinguishable from those of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries due to the shifting concepts of both the city and the metropolis. International literature highlights how what we have historically associated with the idea of cities has long been subjected to consistent reconfiguration, which involves stressing some of the typical features of the idea of "cityness". Post-Metropolitan Territories: Looking for a New Urbanity is the product of a research project funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, Universities and Research (MIUR). It constitutes a thorough overview of a country that is one of Europe's most diverse in terms of regional development and performance: Italy. This book brings together case studies of a number of Italian cities and their hinterlands and looks at new forms of urbanization, exploring themes of sustainability, industrialization, de-industrialization, governance, city planning and quality of life. This volume will be of great interest to academics and students who study regional development, economic geography and urban studies, as well as civil servants and policymakers in the field of spatial planning, urban policy, territorial policies and governance.

Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions - City of Cities: A Project for Milan (Paperback): Alessandro Balducci,... Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions - City of Cities: A Project for Milan (Paperback)
Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Gabriele Pasqui
R1,572 Discovery Miles 15 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is an account of how the Milan Provincial Administration and a team of researchers from Milan Polytechnic worked together to develop a new 'Strategic Plan' for Milan's urban region. Informed by innovative conceptions of both how to understand cities in the contemporary world, and engage in strategic planning work, this experience has already attracted considerable international attention. The authors now consolidate their contribution into a comprehensive account which continually relates theory and practice Examining the Milan Plan in detail, the book explains the profound transformations which put great pressure on the traditional descriptive tools so planners must engage in the production of new ones. It also proposes that these transformations affect the way in which urban policies and planning processes are designed. The project offers insights into - and new directions for - planning theory more generally, while at the same time testing this powerful and innovative research hypothesis in an important European city empirical study. In detailing the results of this project, this book proposes useful ground-breaking approaches to planning for similar urban regions.

Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions - City of Cities: A Project for Milan (Hardcover, New Ed): Alessandro... Strategic Planning for Contemporary Urban Regions - City of Cities: A Project for Milan (Hardcover, New Ed)
Alessandro Balducci, Valeria Fedeli, Gabriele Pasqui
R4,350 Discovery Miles 43 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is an account of how the Milan Provincial Administration and a team of researchers from Milan Polytechnic worked together to develop a new 'Strategic Plan' for Milan's urban region. Informed by innovative conceptions of both how to understand cities in the contemporary world, and engage in strategic planning work, this experience has already attracted considerable international attention. The authors now consolidate their contribution into a comprehensive account which continually relates theory and practice Examining the Milan Plan in detail, the book explains the profound transformations which put great pressure on the traditional descriptive tools so planners must engage in the production of new ones. It also proposes that these transformations affect the way in which urban policies and planning processes are designed. The project offers insights into - and new directions for - planning theory more generally, while at the same time testing this powerful and innovative research hypothesis in an important European city empirical study. In detailing the results of this project, this book proposes useful ground-breaking approaches to planning for similar urban regions.

Cities Learning from a Pandemic - Towards Preparedness (Hardcover): Simonetta Armondi, Alessandro Balducci, Martina Bovo,... Cities Learning from a Pandemic - Towards Preparedness (Hardcover)
Simonetta Armondi, Alessandro Balducci, Martina Bovo, Beatrice Galimberti
R3,799 Discovery Miles 37 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

COVID-19 has stressed the condition of radical uncertainty that increasingly characterises our times and compels cities to learn new ways to cope with unexpected global urban challenges. The volume proposes preparedness as a key concept in urban geography, planning, and policy, inviting international scholars to discuss its pros and cons. Firstly, it builds a critical theoretical framework around the concept of preparedness in relation to the COVID-19 effects and other interconnected crises. Then, the authors put at work and redefine preparedness, starting from worldwide surveys, research experiences, public discourses and spatial strategies analysis in Europe and, more extensively, in Italy. Finally, the closing section goes beyond the view of preparedness as an emergency tool, proposing to interpret it more broadly as a technology supporting a sustainable urban transition. The book mainly targets academics in urban planning, policy, and geography. However, the prominence of the topic of preparedness makes the volume an essential reading not only within social sciences but further in engineering, basic sciences, and life science. In addition, the book provides directions to practitioners and civic leaders in supporting cities and regions to prepare themselves in the face of pandemics and unpredictable socio-environmental shocks.

Urban Planning as a Trading Zone (Paperback, 2013 ed.): Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mantysalo Urban Planning as a Trading Zone (Paperback, 2013 ed.)
Alessandro Balducci, Raine Mantysalo
R3,208 Discovery Miles 32 080 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

'Trading zone' is a concept introduced by Peter Galison in his social scientific research on how scientists representing different sub-cultures and paradigms have been able to coordinate their interaction locally. In this book, Italian and Finnish planning researchers extend the use of the concept to different contexts of urban planning and management, where there is a need for new ideas and tools in managing the interaction of different stakeholders. The trading zone concept is approached as a tool in organizing local platforms and support systems for planning participation, knowledge production, decision making and local conflict management. In relation to the former theses of communicative planning theory that stress the ideals of consensus, mutual understanding and universal reason, the 'trading zone approach', outlined in this book, offers a different perspective. It focuses on the potentiality to coordinate locally the interaction of different stakeholders without requiring the deeper sharing of understandings, values and motives between them. Galison's commentary comes in the form of the book's final chapter.

Risk and Resilience - Socio-Spatial and Environmental Challenges (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020): Alessandro Balducci, Daniele... Risk and Resilience - Socio-Spatial and Environmental Challenges (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Alessandro Balducci, Daniele Chiffi, Francesco Curci
R1,408 Discovery Miles 14 080 Ships in 10 - 17 working days

This book presents and discusses methodological approaches and operational tools aimed at increasing the awareness and skills necessary to face the social, economic and environmental challenges usually encountered in spatial planning. In addition, it deals with the concepts of risk and resilience from both a theoretical and operational point of view. The book promotes a better understanding of risk, resilience, and related notions such as vulnerability, fragility and anti-fragility in urban and landscape studies, while also analyzing new planning policies. Accordingly, it will benefit all researchers and public decision-makers looking for an interdisciplinary approach to risk and resilience.

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