Uncovering the Unconscious Dimensions of Planning: Using Culture As a Tool to Analyse Spatial Planning Practices

Othengrafen, Frank

ISBN 10: 1409435598 / ISBN 13: 9781409435594

Published by Ashgate Pub Co, 2012

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new edition edition. 248 pages. 9.29x6.42x0.83 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Uncovering the Unconscious Dimensions of Planning: Using Culture As a Tool to Analyse Spatial Planning Practices
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409435598
• ISBN 13: 9781409435594
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

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Synopsis

If planning is understood to be about the nature of place, about the way in which we use land, and about the physical expression of the ordering of society, then it becomes apparent that planning as an activity cannot possibly be divorced from the general cultural traditions that inform it. By adopting theoretical approaches from the fields of management studies, cultural studies and anthropology, and by using culture as an organising principle, this book develops an innovative framework which provides better insights into what culture is about, what the relations are between culture and planning and how culture influences planning practices. It introduces a 'culturised planning model', consisting of the analytical dimensions: 'planning artefacts', 'planning environment' and 'societal environment', with which to discover the unconscious routines and assumptions, emotions and meanings attached to planning systems and the different concepts used in spatial planning systematically. The model offers the possibility of uncovering cultural phenomena in spatial planning by providing relevant cultural dimensions and potential specifications and indicators which has not been the case so far. By comparing examples of German, Finnish and Greek planning habits, the book illustrates cultural influence in planning and provides the readership with a feedback between the micro (experiences of planners) and the macro level (institutional and social context) as well as a more systematic comparison based on cultural values, attitudes, norms and rules.

About the Author

Frank Othengrafen, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany