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Consensus Building Versus Irreconcilable Conflicts

Reframing Participatory Spatial Planning

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Emanuela Saporito

    1. Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

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  • Compares three principal theoretical models of participation in urban planning processes
  • Presents a case study, the Integrated Intervention Program PII Isola Lunetta in Milan, to investigate model performance in the field
  • Includes numerous excerpts from interviews with expert witnesses (Susan Fainstein, Larry Suskind, etc.)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)

Part of the book sub series: PoliMI SpringerBriefs (BRIEFSPOLIMI)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. New Challenges for Participatory Approaches in Spatial Planning

    • Emanuela Saporito
    Pages 1-15

  3. Looking for a Way Out. Three Models of Participative Planning: The “Conflictual”, “Consensual” and “Trading Zone” Approaches

    • Emanuela Saporito
    Pages 17-51

  4. A Case of Complexity in Urban Planning: The PII Isola Process in Milan

    • Emanuela Saporito
    Pages 53-70

  5. Rationalities at Work: How to Read the PII Isola Participatory Process Through Three Different Conceptual Models

    • Emanuela Saporito
    Pages 71-95

  6. Reframing Participatory Spatial Planning: Critical Reflections

    • Emanuela Saporito
    Pages 97-105
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This book aims to identify ways of overcoming the limitations of the communicative tradition in understanding participatory spatial planning. Three conceptual models that offer different perspectives on public and civic participation in complex urban planning processes are presented and reviewed: the consensual model, which conceives of planning as a collective decision-making practice geared toward consensus building and conflict resolution; the conflictual model, which views planning as a social mobilization practice addressed at empowerment of marginalized groups; and the trading zone model, which reframes collaborative planning as a coordination activity with respect to practical proposals in the presence of unstable and conflicting rationalities and values. The controversial story of the Integrated Intervention Program “PII Isola Lunetta” in Milan is examined through the interpretative lenses of these models, with detailed interpretation of how each model performs in the field. The book concludes by offering critical reflections on the reframing of participatory spatial planning, highlighting the value of trading zones/trading languages and boundary objects as tools for understanding and addressing collaborative practices in complex and conflictual urban planning processes.

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  • Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy

    Emanuela Saporito

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