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by Jordi Borja [In the last issue of PN, Fabricio Leal de Oliveira criticized the theory and practice of strategic planning in Latin America, in his article “Strategic Planning and Urban Competition: The Agenda of Multilateral Agencies in Brazil.” Leal specifically cited the role there of technical advisors from Barcelona, Spain, including Jordi Borja. The […]
by Peggy Dye In the 1930s, Robert Moses, master planner for New York, stripped Harlem of potential park along the Hudson River where, further down the river, his engineers preserved land for white Manhattan communities. In Harlem, planners laid a highway directly on the waterfront to give commuters a delicious view while driving to and […]
Selected Feature Public Space and Crime: The Cultural Meaning of Violence by Herbert Glasauer Strategic Planning and Urban Competition: The Agenda of Multilateral Agencies in Brazil by Fabricio Leal de Oliveira The Role of Technnical/Professional Workers in Progressive Social Change by Bob Heifetz “‘Light and Shadow” a response to Jordi Borja’s “Shedding Light on the […]
by Carlos B. Vainer Professor at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning and Research, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro — IPPUR/UFRJ “In the criticisms from Brazil against strategic planning and the influence of urban planning from Barcelona, which include valid elements, this practice of using loose terminology has become habitual. I refer to […]
by Bob Heifetz During the 1930s and 1940s, members of the left-led Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists, and Technicians (FAECT) helped build a radical political agenda. The experiences of this group of technical and professional workers offer lessons for progressive planning today. The Great Depression of 1929 devastated working America, including its professional/technical workers. By […]
by Fabricio Leal de Oliveira In Brazil today, the same solutions for cities come up in almost all forums, debates, and institutions: sustainability and competition. Competition, which is expressed through strategic urban planning, affects all local policy, including environmental policy. It favors relations between local government and entrepreneurs, the actors seen as most capable of […]
by Herbert Glasauer In Germany, as in most European countries, there has been a dramatic increase in people’s concerns about insecurity in the past thirty years. In particular, people living in big cities are afraid of using public urban space when it is dark. Many studies have confirmed this phenomenon, but only a few tried […]
Selected Feature What You Always Knew About Globalization but Were Afraid to Tell: Five Basic Lessons by Kanishka Goonewardena Mexico’s Pioneer Experiences in Participatory Planning by Gustavo Romero Fernöndez Civil Society: A Challenge to Planners by Gerda R. Wekerle
by Gerda R. Wekerle Planning is generally identified with the state or private sector. ‘Citizens’ are often relegated to discussions of citizen participation, which is token and marginal to the real action. Or they are described as “special interests,” one of many inputs to the planning process which must be mediated and negotiated. Yet it […]
By Gustavo Romero Fernšndez In the early 1970s, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) began to get involved in urban planning. They were invited to get involved because they weren’t “urban planning professionals” but technicians linked to the social processes of popular urban planning. From the beginning the fundamental aspect of NGO involvement was their participation, closeness, understanding […]
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