Lecture 1 Flashcards
What are some challenges for spatial planners?
Growing population, extreme weather events, temperature rise (heat stress), sea level rise, housing shortage, social segregation, energy transition, digitalization, and depopulating regions.
What is the critical role of planners in addressing the challenges for planners?
They can act as
* futurists,
* matchmakers,
* activists,
* advocates,
* legalists,
* analysts,
* knowledge-brokers,
* co-creators,
* mediators,
* and leaders.
What is the concept of planning culture?
- It questions the ‘neutral’ character of spatial policy making and planning
- emphasizes the context-dependent nature of planning
- brings to greater interest the embeddedness of planning processes
- refutes the idea of a universal definition of planning.
What is territorial governance?
The management and coordination of activities and decisions within a specific geographical area or territory. It involves various stakeholders, including government bodies, organizations, and communities, working together to address issues related to regional development, resource management, and overall well-being within that territory.
What are spatial planning instruments?
They are the main means through which spatial planning objectives are defined and pursued, including visionary, strategic, framework-setting, and regulative instruments.
How are institutions and organizations related in spatial planning?
Institutions are not organizations, but a set of shared concepts that exist in the minds and routines of participants in policy situations. Organizations are a set of institutional arrangements and participants who have common goals and purposes.
What does the institutional perspective in spatial planning focus on?
It looks at who’s involved, who’s not, and how decisions are made, showing how different people, with different interests and resources, play a role. It also describes the way policies are put into action
Why do we compare planning systems?
- To foster an outward-looking stance, deepen understanding of policy-making and implementation
- support mutual understanding and dialogues
- expose underlying assumptions/constraints informing planning processes
- explore possibilities of policy transfer
- question the possibility of policy transfer.
What is policy transfer?
It refers to a process in which knowledge about policies, administrative arrangements, institutions, etc., in one time and/or place is used in the development of policies, administrative arrangements, and institutions in another time and/or place.
