Technically Speaking: Planning Theory and the Role of Information in Making Planning Policy

Understanding how technical information is used in planning is important: the ability to carry out and interpret technical analysis is part of the basis for the legitimacy of planning as a profession. The role and influence of technical information in planning is, however, contested. The article presents a conceptual framework that has been tested in research that examined the use of technical information in British planning policies at a local level. The article concludes that planners are engaged in processes of mediation and negotiation to make policy and implement it. They are not involved in a simple process of rational choice between alternatives. Thus, technical information is not influential purely because it is 'correct' in some sense, but because of the way it is incorporated into the processes through which land use change is initiated, controlled and evaluated. These processes are structured by the rules and procedures created by the institutionalization of planning activities, and the use of technical information as an influence on land use change can only be understood within this context.     

Making Planning Education Relevant: A Proposal

During the very decade in which urban problems have moved to the forefront of public attention, city and regional planning as an academic discipline has found its objectives to be increasingly ambiguous. Three possible directions suggest themselves: (1) emphasis on public policy analysis; (2) professional specialization along many “tracks”; and/or (3) concentration on urban studies. All will require more effective ways of involving education with the “real world.” One promising approach is a cyclical concept of the educational process, based on a rhythm of engagement and withdrawal from the real world on a number of time scales. Institutionally, the way may now be open for the establishment of a relatively autonomous university-wide Institute of Urban Field Projects to act as broker and coordinator of the field activities of many schools. Despite formidable operational problems, there might be substantial advantages in adopting a cyclical planning educational process with field work as an essential ingredient.     

可拓城市规划决策的基本概念

介绍可拓学与建筑学领域学科交叉研究的现状,阐述对于我国目前城市规划决策研究的看法,提出利用可拓学的理论与方法辅助城市规划决策研究的构想;明确可拓城市规划决策的基本概念、定义,确定研究的层次;针对可拓城市规划决策的本体、主体、价值这三方面展开论述,建立可拓城市规划决策的理论框架,并初步探讨可拓城市规划决策的内在运作机理和过程。该文提出可拓城市规划决策支持系统的基本概念,介绍了可拓城市规划决策支持系统的框架,分析了可拓城市规划决策支持系统应用于实际的关键步骤。     

规划和城市里的多样性:重新分配,认同和邂逅

记得去年我在翻译《规划和城市里的多样性:重新分配,认同和邂逅》一书时,我们身边发生了几件事,一是暴力拆迁,一是入幼儿园难,一是精神病人街头暴力,于是,北京市政府决定5年内投资50亿,新建扩建600所幼儿园;卫生部决定2年内在全国改扩建550所精神病院。现在,又有     

规划理论文献的集大成者——评简·希利尔与帕齐·希利主编的《规划理论中的批判文集》

本文分析了希利尔教授与希利教授于2008年编辑出版的三卷本<规划理论中的批判文集>的编纂特点和各卷的主要内容,并将其与1980年代以来出版的三本具有一定共通之处的规划理论文集进行了多方比较,最后对文集进行了评价.     

规划理论文献的集大成者——评简·希利尔与帕齐·希利主编的《规划理论中的批判文集》

本文分析了希利尔教授与希利教授于2008年编辑出版的三卷本《规划理论中的批判文集》的编纂特点和各卷的主要内容,并将其与1980年代以来出版的三本具有一定共通之处的规划理论文集进行了多方比较,最后对文集进行了评价。     

Making Plans that Matter: Citizen Involvement and Government Action

Plans that are, as the cliché goes, “dead on arrival” and languish on local government shelves long have contributed to skepticism about the value of comprehensive plans. In this article, I show that if plans are to matter and have an impact on local government actions, planners must involve a wider array of stakeholders in plan making than is usually the case. Evidence from 60 plan-making processes in the states of Florida and Washington indicates that with greater stakeholder involvement, comprehensive plans are stronger, and proposals made in plans are more likely to be implemented. Planners can stimulate broader involvement by stakeholders by directly inviting more groups to take part in the planning process and by providing opportunities for dialogue in which planners both inform citizens about planning issues and listen to citizen concerns.     

非主流规划史的集中体现——评Leonie Sandercock主编的《使不可见成为可见：多元文化规划史》

20世纪80年代以来，西方有关规划史的著作如雨后春笋大量面世，从某一方面讲，对规划历史的探索已经到了一个极致，虽然仍有许多细节问题尚值得探讨，但从传统研究角度出发的规划史研究在集大成的同时，也面临困境：新视角、新手段、新领域，这些都是规划史研究能够找到其新的活力之源而继续发展下去的关键。有识之士从20世纪80年代末就已经开始发表规划史的回顾性文章，但对这一问题的广泛关注则要到90年代，     

非主流规划史的集中体现--评Leonie Sandercock主编的《使不可见成为可见:多元文化规划史》

20世纪80年代以来,西方有关规划史的著作如雨后春笋大量面世,从某一方面讲,对规划历史的探索已经到了一个极致,虽然仍有许多细节问题尚值得探讨,但从传统研究角度出发的规划史研究在集大成的同时,也面临困境:新视角、新手段、新领域,这些都是规划史研究能够找到其新的活力之源而继续发展下去的关键.     

规划中的沟通与作为沟通的规划——当代西方沟通规划理论概述

通过对西方沟通规划理论诸流派的简要介绍,从规划方法、规划主体和规划成果等几方面对比了沟通规划与传统规划的异同,提出在规划从蓝图向政策的转化过程中,沟通行为从规划方法向规划本体的转变.     

城市规划管理与规划编制问题初探

规划的决策主体是政府,规划编制单位要将地方政府经济、社会发展目标在城市建设方面进行技术转化,制定具体的城市发展战略。通过建立完善的城市规划法规体系,建设复合型规划编制队伍等措施,将两者相结合,有利于管理好城市建设。     

通过辩论做规划:规划理论中的交往转向

本文提出了一种规划方法,它的目的是在当代发达的经济条件和形形色色的社会结构条件下发掘规划的民主潜力.在这样的社会里任何与规划相关的主张都需要应对挑战,这些对规划思想的挑战来自于公共政策中经济评价的复兴,更根本地说,来自于时科学理性主义的后现代哲学批判,本文认为凭借技术、道德与表现美学的实践和理解方式,哈贝马斯关于各种话语群体之间的主体间理性的概念,可以为建立规划行为的模式与惯例指明一个方向,这些模式与惯例适合社会探求达成"求同存异"的进步方法.本文通过引用当代规划理论界许多研究成果,勾勒出上述方法的轮廓,以及它对当前环境规划实践的启示.     

通过辩论做规划:规划理论中的交往转向

本文提出了一种规划方法,它的目的是在当代发达的经济条件和形形色色的社会结构条件下发掘规划的民主潜力。在这样的社会里任何与规划相关的主张都需要应对挑战,这些对规划思想的挑战来自于公共政策中经济评价的复兴,更根本地说,来自于对科学理性主义的后现代哲学批判。本文认为凭借技术,道德与表现美学的实践和理解方式,哈贝马斯关于各种话语群体之间的主体间理性的概念,可以为建立规划行为的模式与惯例指明一个方向,这些模式与惯例适合社会探求达成“求同存异”的进步方法。本文通过引用当代规划理论界许多研究成果,勾勒出上述方法的轮廓,以及它对当前环境规划实践的启示。     

通过辩论做规划:规划理论中的交往转向

本文提出了一种规划方法,它的目的是在当代发达的经济条件和形形色色的社会结构条件下发掘规划的民主潜力.在这样的社会里任何与规划相关的主张都需要应对挑战,这些对规划思想的挑战来自于公共政策中经济评价的复兴,更根本地说,来自于对科学理性主义的后现代哲学批判.本文认为凭借技术、道德与表现美学的实践和理解方式,哈贝马斯关于各种话语群体之间的主体间理性的概念,可以为建立规划行为的模式与惯例指明一个方向,这些模式与惯例适合社会探求达成求同存异的进步方法.本文通过引用当代规划理论界许多研究成果,勾勒出上述方法的轮廓,以及它对当前环境规划实践的启示.