Planning for Planet or City?

Urban Planning

Mark Davidson¹ 

[1] Geography Department, Clark University, USA;

关键词: future cities;    urban forms;    urban planning;    urbanization;   

DOI  :  10.17645/up.v1i1.604

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

If we now live with a planetary urban process (Brenner & Schmid, 2015a), the very idea of “future cities” must be brought into question. Indeed, we might ask whether urban planning has morphed into planetary planning, with its primary charge being the construction of vast networks of urban systems coordinating a global capitalist process. This commentary cautions against such over-extended theories of urbanization and related planning practices. Although global capitalism has engendered profound spatial changes, the concept of the city remains a crucial social and political idea. By outlining the continued centrality of the city to social and political life, the commentary argues for a democratic evaluation of the urban form in order to plan for, and realize, more just cities.

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