Title: The Unwarranted Boundaries Between Urban Planning and Design in Theory, Practice and Research 1
Abstract: Drawing on planning and urban design literature and using the evidence of the well-known case of regeneration of Poblenou in Barcelona, this chapter highlights the relevance of the design dimension of planning with reference to theory, practice and applied research. It aims to reconsider the unwarranted boundary drawn between design-oriented and process-oriented planning approaches so as to show the challenges for planning theory and practice that may derive from trespassing such disciplinary boundaries. Further debate and deeper insight into the advantages of trespassing the boundaries that planning and design disciplines defined in their different institutionalization processes can induce important advancements in theory and in practice. While being more or less codified in different planning systems, urban design gained a clear position as a field of practice, that can be occupied by architects, by city planners, or by other professions, such as engineers, and does not have clear and definitive boundaries.
Publication Year: 2017
Publication Date: 2017-12-22
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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