Wow! eBookSpatial Planning and Urban Development:Critical Perspectives (Urban and Landscape Perspectives)
by: Pier Carlo Palermo - Davide Ponzini
ISBN-10: 9048188695
ISBN-13: 9789048188697
Edition: 2010
Publication date: July 22, 2010
Hardcover: 246 pages
Book Description
Urban planning is a complex field of knowledge and practice. Through the decades, theoretical debate has formed an eclectic set of possible perspectives, without finding, in our opinion, a coherent paradigmatic framework which can adequately guide the interpretation and action in urban planning. The hypothesis of this book is that the attempts of founding an autonomous planning theory are inadequate if they do not explore two interconnected fields:architecture and public policies.The book critically reviews a selected set of current practices and theoretical founding works of mode and contemporary urban planning by highlighting the continuous search for the epistemic legitimization of a large variety of experiences. The distinctive contribution of this book is a documented critique to the eclecticism and abstraction of the main inteational trends in current planning theory. The dialogic relationship with the traditions of architecture and public policy is proposed here in order to critically review planning theory and practice. The outcome is the proposal of a paradigmatic framework that, in the authors’ opinion, can adequately guide reflections and actions. A pragmatic and interpretative heritage and the project-orientated approach are the basis of this new spatial planning paradigm.
