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Habitus is a concept developed by the late French sociologist,
Pierre Bourdieu, as a 'sense of one's place...a sense of the
other's place'. It relates to our perceptions of the positions (or
'place') of ourselves and other people in the world in which we
live and how these perceptions affect our actions and interactions
with places and people. Habitus implies that a web of complex
processes links the physical, the social and the mental. Inspired
by this concept, this compelling book brings together leading
scholars from interdisciplinary fields to examine ways in which
spaces and places are constructed, interpreted and used by
different people. This second edition contains updated chapter
material, together with an entirely new introduction and revised
conclusions which recognise the importance of Bourdieu's work. This
publication is a tribute to Pierre Bourdieu's remarkable
contribution to the fields of sociology, anthropology, geography,
political philosophy and urban planning.
The professional practice as well as the academic discipline of
planning has been fundamentally re-invented all over the world in
recent decades. In this astonishing transition, the thinking and
scholarship of Patsy Healey appears as a constantly recurring
influence and inspiration around the globe. The purpose of this
book is to present, discuss and celebrate Healey's seminal
contributions to the development of the theory and practice of
spatial planning. The volume contains a selection of 13 less
readily available, but nevertheless, key texts by Healey, which
have been selected to represent the trajectory of Patsy's work
across the several decades of her research career. 12 original
chapters by a wide range of invited contributors take the ideas in
the reprinted papers as points of departure for their own work,
tracing out their continuing relevance for contemporary and future
directions in planning scholarship. In doing so, these chapters
tease out the themes and interests in Healey's work which are still
highly relevant to the planning project. The title - Connections -
symbolises relationality, possibly the most outstanding element
linking Patsy's ideas. The book showcases the wide international
influence of Patsy's work and celebrates the whole trajectory of
work to show how many of her ideas on for instance the role of
theory in planning, processes of change, networking as a mode of
governance, how ideas spread, and ways of thinking planning
democratically were ahead of their time and are still of
importance.
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.
Complexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming
increasingly important within a variety disciplines. While these
issues are less well known within the discipline of spatial
planning, there has been a recent growing awareness and interest.
As planners grapple with how to consider the vagaries of the real
world when putting together proposals for future development, they
question how complexity, complex systems and complexity theories
might prove useful with regard to spatial planning and the physical
environment. This book provides a readable overview, presenting and
relating a range of understandings and characteristics of
complexity and complex systems as they are relevant to planning. It
recognizes multiple, relational approaches of dynamic complexity
which enhance understandings of, and facilitate working with,
contingencies of place, time and the various participants'
behaviours. In doing so, it should contribute to a better
understanding of processes with regard to our physical and social
worlds.
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.
Complexity, complex systems and complexity theories are becoming
increasingly important within a variety disciplines. While these
issues are less well known within the discipline of spatial
planning, there has been a recent growing awareness and interest.
As planners grapple with how to consider the vagaries of the real
world when putting together proposals for future development, they
question how complexity, complex systems and complexity theories
might prove useful with regard to spatial planning and the physical
environment. This book provides a readable overview, presenting and
relating a range of understandings and characteristics of
complexity and complex systems as they are relevant to planning. It
recognizes multiple, relational approaches of dynamic complexity
which enhance understandings of, and facilitate working with,
contingencies of place, time and the various participants'
behaviours. In doing so, it should contribute to a better
understanding of processes with regard to our physical and social
worlds.
In this innovative work Jean Hillier develops a new theory for
students and researchers of spatial planning and governance which
is grounded primarily in the work of Gilles Deleuze. The theory
recognizes the complex interrelation between place qualities and
the multiple space-time relational dynamics of spatial governance.
Using empirical examples from England and Australia, Hillier
identifies the power of networks and trajectories through which
various actors territorialize space and explores the social and
political responsibilities of spatial managers and decision-makers.
She considers what spatial planning and urban management practices
could look like if they were to be developed along Deleuzean lines,
and suggests alternative framings for spatial practice: broad
trajectories or 'visions' of the longer-term future and
shorter-term, location-specific detailed plans and projects with
collaboratively determined tangible goals.
This book focuses on the potential and possibilities for socially
innovative responses to the climate emergency at the local scale.
Climate change has intensified the need for communities to find
creative and meaningful ways to address the sustainability of their
environments. The authors focus on the creative and collaborative
ways local- scale climate action reflects the extra-ordinary
measures taken by ordinary people. This includes critical
engagement with the ways in which novel social practices and
partnerships emerge between people, organisations, institutions,
governance arrangements and eco-systems. The book successfully
highlights the transformative power of socially innovative
activities and initiatives in response to the climate crisis; and
critically explores how different individuals and groups undertake
climate action as 'quiet activism' - the embodied acts of
collective disruption, subversion, creativity and care at the local
scale.
Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy decisions. Who really takes the decisions? How are they arrived at and why were such processes used? What relations of power may be revealed between the various participants?
Using stories from planning practices, this book shows that local planning decisions, particularly those which involve consideration of issues of 'public space' cannot be understood separately from the socially constructed, subjective territorial identities, meanings and values of the local people and the planners concerned. Nor can it be fully represented as a linear planning process concentrating on traditional planning policy-making and decision-making ideas of survey analysis-plan or officer recommendation-council decision-implementation.
Such notions assume that policy-and decision-making proceed in a relatively technocratic and value neutral, unidirectional, step-wise process towards a finite end point. In this book Jean Hiller explores ways in which different values and mind-sets may affect planning outcomes and relate to systemic power structures. By unpacking these and bring them together as influences on participants' communication, she reveals influences at work in decision-making processes that were previously invisible.
If planning theory is to be of real use to practitioners, it needs to address practice as it is actually encountered in the worlds of planning officers and elected representatives. Hillier shed light on the shadows so that practitioners may be better able to understand the circumstances in which they find themselves and act more effectively in what is in reality a messy, highly politicised decision-making process.
Habitus is a concept developed by the late French sociologist,
Pierre Bourdieu, as a 'sense of one's place...a sense of the
other's place'. It relates to our perceptions of the positions (or
'place') of ourselves and other people in the world in which we
live and how these perceptions affect our actions and interactions
with places and people. Habitus implies that a web of complex
processes links the physical, the social and the mental. Inspired
by this concept, this compelling book brings together leading
scholars from interdisciplinary fields to examine ways in which
spaces and places are constructed, interpreted and used by
different people. This second edition contains updated chapter
material, together with an entirely new introduction and revised
conclusions which recognise the importance of Bourdieu's work. This
publication is a tribute to Pierre Bourdieu's remarkable
contribution to the fields of sociology, anthropology, geography,
political philosophy and urban planning.
Shadows of Power examines public policy and in particular, the communicative processes of policy and decision-making. It explore the important who, how and why issues of policy decisions. Who really takes the decisions? How are they arrived at and why were such processes used? What relations of power may be revealed between the various participants?
Using stories from planning practices, this book shows that local planning decisions, particularly those which involve consideration of issues of 'public space' cannot be understood separately from the socially constructed, subjective territorial identities, meanings and values of the local people and the planners concerned. Nor can it be fully represented as a linear planning process concentrating on traditional planning policy-making and decision-making ideas of survey analysis-plan or officer recommendation-council decision-implementation.
Such notions assume that policy-and decision-making proceed in a relatively technocratic and value neutral, unidirectional, step-wise process towards a finite end point. In this book Jean Hiller explores ways in which different values and mind-sets may affect planning outcomes and relate to systemic power structures. By unpacking these and bring them together as influences on participants' communication, she reveals influences at work in decision-making processes that were previously invisible.
If planning theory is to be of real use to practitioners, it needs to address practice as it is actually encountered in the worlds of planning officers and elected representatives. Hillier shed light on the shadows so that practitioners may be better able to understand the circumstances in which they find themselves and act more effectively in what is in reality a messy, highly politicised decision-making process.
This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist
perspective to demythologize ten of the most heavily utilised terms
in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk,
growth, globalization, multi-culturalism, sustainability,
responsibility and 'planning' itself. It highlights that these
terms, and others, are mere 'empty signifiers', meaning everything
and nothing. Based on international examples of planning practice
and process, Planning in Ten Words or Less suggests that spatial
and urban planning is largely based on the construction and
deployment of ideological knowledge claims.
The professional practice as well as the academic discipline of
planning has been fundamentally re-invented all over the world in
recent decades. In this astonishing transition, the thinking and
scholarship of Patsy Healey appears as a constantly recurring
influence and inspiration around the globe. The purpose of this
book is to present, discuss and celebrate Healey's seminal
contributions to the development of the theory and practice of
spatial planning. The volume contains a selection of 13 less
readily available, but nevertheless, key texts by Healey, which
have been selected to represent the trajectory of Patsy's work
across the several decades of her research career. 12 original
chapters by a wide range of invited contributors take the ideas in
the reprinted papers as points of departure for their own work,
tracing out their continuing relevance for contemporary and future
directions in planning scholarship. In doing so, these chapters
tease out the themes and interests in Healey's work which are still
highly relevant to the planning project. The title - Connections -
symbolises relationality, possibly the most outstanding element
linking Patsy's ideas. The book showcases the wide international
influence of Patsy's work and celebrates the whole trajectory of
work to show how many of her ideas on for instance the role of
theory in planning, processes of change, networking as a mode of
governance, how ideas spread, and ways of thinking planning
democratically were ahead of their time and are still of
importance.
At a time of potentially radical changes in the ways in which
humans interact with their environments - through financial,
environmental and/or social crises - the raison d'Atre of spatial
planning faces significant conceptual and empirical challenges.
This Companion presents a multidimensional collection of critical
narratives of conceptual challenges for spatial planning. The
authors draw on various disciplinary traditions and theoretical
frames to explore different ways of conceptualising spatial
planning and the challenges it faces. Through problematising
planning itself, the values which underpin planning and
theory-practice relations, contributions make visible the limits of
established planning theories and illustrate how, by thinking about
new issues, or about issues in new ways, spatial planning might be
advanced both theoretically and practically. There cannot be
definitive answers to the conceptual challenges posed, but the
authors in this collection provoke critical questions and debates
over important issues for spatial planning and its future. A key
question is not so much what planning theory is, but what might
planning theory do in times of uncertainty and complexity. An
underlying rationale is that planning theory and practice are
intrinsically connected. The Companion is presented in three linked
parts: issues which arise from an interactive understanding of the
relations between planning ideas and the political-institutional
contexts in which such ideas are put to work; key concepts in
current theorising from mainly poststructuralist perspectives and
what discussion on complexity may offer planning theory and
practice.
This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist
perspective to demythologize ten of the most heavily utilised terms
in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk,
growth, globalization, multi-culturalism, sustainability,
responsibility and 'planning' itself. It highlights that these
terms, and others, are mere 'empty signifiers', meaning everything
and nothing. Based on international examples of planning practice
and process, Planning in Ten Words or Less suggests that spatial
and urban planning is largely based on the construction and
deployment of ideological knowledge claims.
Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and
practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement'
of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued
through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions
and place qualities. This three-volume set provides an
authoritative collection, in an accessible form, of the most
important and influential articles and papers on planning theory.
While acknowledging that this discipline draws on a diverse range
of intellectual inspirations and influences, the papers included
are specifically focussed on the planning field. These volumes are
organised in a broadly chronological sequence, with major bodies of
thought grouped together. Each volume includes a substantial
introduction reviewing the specific content of that volume and
brief introductions are also provided for each section within the
volumes.
Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and
practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement'
of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued
through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions
and place qualities.. The first volume in this three volume series,
Foundations of the Planning Enterprise, includes articles and
papers which offer a unique general introduction to planning
theory. The authors review the subject's development, its recurrent
themes, its contemporary preoccupation as rational scientific
management and its relations to other fields. The editors
supplement the collection with an introductory overview as well as
detailed introductions to each part. This will be an essential
purchase for planning libraries around the world.
Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and
practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement'
of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued
through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions
and place qualities. The second volume in this series covers in
detail critical political economy, the turn to diversity and
critical pragmatism. It provides an authoritative collection, in an
accessible form, of the most important and influential articles and
papers along with a detailed introduction by the editors. It offers
a unique reference resource for planning scholars, upper-level
undergraduate and post-graduate students.
Planning Theory has a history of common debates about ideas and
practices and is rooted in a critical concern for the 'improvement'
of human and environmental well-being, particularly as pursued
through interventions which seek to shape environmental conditions
and place qualities. The third and final volume in this series
covers Contemporary Movements in Planning Theory and topics include
communicative practices and the negotiation of meaning, networks,
institutions and relations, and the complexity 'turn'. The articles
selected represent the most influential and controversial recent
work in planning theory and are supplemented by detailed
introductions by the editors.
In this innovative work Jean Hillier develops a new theory for
students and researchers of spatial planning and governance which
is grounded primarily in the work of Gilles Deleuze. The theory
recognizes the complex interrelation between place qualities and
the multiple space-time relational dynamics of spatial governance.
Using empirical examples from England and Australia, Hillier
identifies the power of networks and trajectories through which
various actors territorialize space and explores the social and
political responsibilities of spatial managers and decision-makers.
She considers what spatial planning and urban management practices
could look like if they were to be developed along Deleuzean lines,
and suggests alternative framings for spatial practice: broad
trajectories or 'visions' of the longer-term future and
shorter-term, location-specific detailed plans and projects with
collaboratively determined tangible goals.
The future of public space is uncertain. Although public spaces
have become increasingly shabby and crowded, novel alternatives
have appeared in the form of fantastic, semi-public pleasure
grounds, developed by well-heeled, crowd-pleasing entrepreneurs and
devoted to profit, consumption, and self-indulgence. Philosophers
and geographers have converged on the topic of public space,
fascinated and in many ways alarmed by fundamental changes in the
way post-industrial societies produce space for public use, and in
the way citizens of these same societies perceive and constitute
themselves as a public. The contributors to this volume advance
this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory.
Philosophy and Geography II: The Production of Public Space gives
readers an enhanced appreciation of the intimate connections
between political principles, social processes, and the
commonplaces of our everyday environments.
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