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Revisiting the essence and purpose of regional planning:A historical analysis of regional questions - going forward?
An emerging debate on the state of regional planning focuses on the need “to reassert the purpose and values of planning by rediscovering the content, conceptualise multiple and fluid forms of planning frames, and reposition the planner as an orchestrator and enabler of planning regional futures” (Harrison et al 2021, p.6). This contention is based on the premise that regional planning discussions have for a long time been overly fixated with issues regarding its institutional frame to the detriment of the everchanging content of the real-world picture of regional problems and opportunities. Our argument is that as regional planning turned into an institutionalised and uniform bureaucratic apparatus in most parts of the world, it moved away from being a spatially selective activity where it was needed, divorced from place specific needs and increasingly resented (ibid.). This paper contributes to that debate by opening a discussion around the rediscovery of the very essence, purpose and values of regional planning. First, we identify the hallmarks of regional planning based on punctual episodes that took place during its intellectual heyday in the interwar period. We revisit the first wave of regional thinking by addressing: (i) the rationale behind the problematisation of regional issues and questions (i.e. regional problem-framing and problem-solving from the lens of regionalism as a form of advocacy in specific contexts); (ii) the building blocks and early proposals of regional planning as well as the understanding of ‘the region’ both as a constructed phenomenon and as a product of the process of regionalisation; and (iii) the planning conception of the future and its ensuing implications. We then move on to assess the historical evolution of regional planning as it became an institutionalised and professionalised activity during the post-WWII era. We open up the key debates which took place in the journal Regional Studies (and make links to key debates in other planning journals) during the 1960s-1970s to ...
Revisiting the essence and purpose of regional planning:A historical analysis of regional questions - going forward?
An emerging debate on the state of regional planning focuses on the need “to reassert the purpose and values of planning by rediscovering the content, conceptualise multiple and fluid forms of planning frames, and reposition the planner as an orchestrator and enabler of planning regional futures” (Harrison et al 2021, p.6). This contention is based on the premise that regional planning discussions have for a long time been overly fixated with issues regarding its institutional frame to the detriment of the everchanging content of the real-world picture of regional problems and opportunities. Our argument is that as regional planning turned into an institutionalised and uniform bureaucratic apparatus in most parts of the world, it moved away from being a spatially selective activity where it was needed, divorced from place specific needs and increasingly resented (ibid.). This paper contributes to that debate by opening a discussion around the rediscovery of the very essence, purpose and values of regional planning. First, we identify the hallmarks of regional planning based on punctual episodes that took place during its intellectual heyday in the interwar period. We revisit the first wave of regional thinking by addressing: (i) the rationale behind the problematisation of regional issues and questions (i.e. regional problem-framing and problem-solving from the lens of regionalism as a form of advocacy in specific contexts); (ii) the building blocks and early proposals of regional planning as well as the understanding of ‘the region’ both as a constructed phenomenon and as a product of the process of regionalisation; and (iii) the planning conception of the future and its ensuing implications. We then move on to assess the historical evolution of regional planning as it became an institutionalised and professionalised activity during the post-WWII era. We open up the key debates which took place in the journal Regional Studies (and make links to key debates in other planning journals) during the 1960s-1970s to ...
Revisiting the essence and purpose of regional planning:A historical analysis of regional questions - going forward?
Galland, Daniel (author) / Tewdwr-Jones, Mark (author) / Harrison, John (author)
2021-01-01
Galland , D , Tewdwr-Jones , M & Harrison , J 2021 , Revisiting the essence and purpose of regional planning : A historical analysis of regional questions - going forward? in ACSP 2021 Annual Conference : Book of Accepted Abstracts . pp. 756-757 , ACSP 2021 Annual Conference , Miami , United States , 21/10/2021 . < https://www.acsp.org/page/ConfAllAbout2021 >
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