Slow Planning?
Timescapes, Power and Democracy
1st Edition
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
188 pages
978-1-4473-6771-0 (ISBN)
Description
A deep exploration on how questions of time and its organisation affect planning practice, this book is aimed at public and private planning practitioners, national and local politicians and policy makers involved in planning, academics and students studying planning and related disciplines.
It presents time as a pervasive form of power that is used to shape democratic practices, and questions 'project speed': where time to think, deliberate and plan has been squeezed. The authors demonstrate the many benefits of slow planning for the key participants, multiple interests and planning system overall.
It presents time as a pervasive form of power that is used to shape democratic practices, and questions 'project speed': where time to think, deliberate and plan has been squeezed. The authors demonstrate the many benefits of slow planning for the key participants, multiple interests and planning system overall.
Reviews / Votes
"This revealing book provides a highly original and comprehensive account of the relationships between planning and time. It is essential reading for urban studies researchers and students and a much-needed addition to the existing literature." Mike Raco, University College London "The book succeeds where many might struggle. Displaying theoretical sensitivity and empirical nuance, they handle the topic with the wisdom of experienced researchers. This book therefore makes a considerable contribution to studying temporalities in planning research. A likely touchstone for future research, the book will be of particular interest to academics and graduate students working on temporalities, as well as those seeking clarity on the role played by time in the indelible politics of planning." Town Planning ReviewMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bristol University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
11 s/w Tabellen, 4 s/w Abbildungen
11 Tables, black and white; 4 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4473-6771-0 (9781447367710)
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Persons
Mark Dobson is Lecturer in Planning and Development at the University of Reading, UK. His PhD focused on planning reform and austerity localism.
Gavin Parker is Chair of Planning Studies at the University of Reading, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Gavin Parker is Chair of Planning Studies at the University of Reading, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
Content
1. Time, Speed and Slow Planning?
2. Time and Practice in Social Theory
3. Time and Participation in Planning
4. Time and Neoliberalisation in Planning
5. Time and Deliberation in Planning
6. Time, Planning and Timescapes for the Future
2. Time and Practice in Social Theory
3. Time and Participation in Planning
4. Time and Neoliberalisation in Planning
5. Time and Deliberation in Planning
6. Time, Planning and Timescapes for the Future