A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
When Uncertainty is Interpreted as Risk: An Analysis of Tensions Relating to Spatial Planning Reform in England
The UK Labour government's planning reform (2001–2010) intended to create a more proactive, creative and flexible planning culture. However, as the reforms progressed, public-sector planners increasingly lacked confidence. This article explores texts and contemporaneous interview material through an analysis of uncertainty and risk to present the tensions within the reform narratives, the continually changing context and the provision of contradictory advice from multiple outlets. We demonstrate how the proactive flexible planning message came to be read through a message of performance targets and consider how the various factors coalesced to produce an uncertain practice environment which many public-sector planners interpreted as ‘risky’.
When Uncertainty is Interpreted as Risk: An Analysis of Tensions Relating to Spatial Planning Reform in England
The UK Labour government's planning reform (2001–2010) intended to create a more proactive, creative and flexible planning culture. However, as the reforms progressed, public-sector planners increasingly lacked confidence. This article explores texts and contemporaneous interview material through an analysis of uncertainty and risk to present the tensions within the reform narratives, the continually changing context and the provision of contradictory advice from multiple outlets. We demonstrate how the proactive flexible planning message came to be read through a message of performance targets and consider how the various factors coalesced to produce an uncertain practice environment which many public-sector planners interpreted as ‘risky’.
When Uncertainty is Interpreted as Risk: An Analysis of Tensions Relating to Spatial Planning Reform in England
Gunn, Susannah (author) / Hillier, Jean (author)
Planning Practice and Research ; 29 ; 56-74
2014-01-01
19 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Strategic-Local Tensions and the Spatial Planning Approach in England
| Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2008
Strategic-Local Tensions and the Spatial Planning Approach in England
| Online Contents | 2008
Strategic-Local Tensions and the Spatial Planning Approach in England
| British Library Online Contents | 2008
Embracing Risk, Uncertainty and Water Allocation Reform When Planning for Green Growth
| BASE | 2016