Compact city development: High ideals and emerging practices

Compact city development has, over the last 20 years or so, emerged as the preferred response to the goal of sustainable development. As such, it is pertinent to examine planning practices to see whether the traditional economic bias in planning is now balanced by aims and practices in support of en...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f4ded4abafd94a77888d84e7b4a843a82021-12-02T04:42:10ZCompact city development: High ideals and emerging practices1650-9544https://doaj.org/article/f4ded4abafd94a77888d84e7b4a843a82012-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.nordregio.se/Global/EJSD/Refereed%20articles/refereed49.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/1650-9544Compact city development has, over the last 20 years or so, emerged as the preferred response to the goal of sustainable development. As such, it is pertinent to examine planning practices to see whether the traditional economic bias in planning is now balanced by aims and practices in support of environmental and social sustainability. In this light the social, environmental, and economic goals linked to densification and mixed use development will be the main focus of this article. In addition, the article assesses whether distinct institutional practices support the balancing of these goals. The empirical basis is formed by urban plans in four Scandinavian cities in combination with qualitative interview data. The article concludes that on a discursive level, social, environmental and economic goals are represented in compact city strategies. Institutionalised practices, however, show that economic goals remain at the core of planning. Environmental and social aims still play second fiddle, but new measures are in development that may gradually strengthen their influence over urban development practices.Hege HofstadPolitecnico di Torinoarticlecompact citysustainabilityurban planningdiscourse theoryurban developmentUrban groups. The city. Urban sociologyHT101-395ENEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, Vol October, Iss 49 (2012)
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topic compact city
sustainability
urban planning
discourse theory
urban development
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
spellingShingle compact city
sustainability
urban planning
discourse theory
urban development
Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology
HT101-395
Hege Hofstad
Compact city development: High ideals and emerging practices
description Compact city development has, over the last 20 years or so, emerged as the preferred response to the goal of sustainable development. As such, it is pertinent to examine planning practices to see whether the traditional economic bias in planning is now balanced by aims and practices in support of environmental and social sustainability. In this light the social, environmental, and economic goals linked to densification and mixed use development will be the main focus of this article. In addition, the article assesses whether distinct institutional practices support the balancing of these goals. The empirical basis is formed by urban plans in four Scandinavian cities in combination with qualitative interview data. The article concludes that on a discursive level, social, environmental and economic goals are represented in compact city strategies. Institutionalised practices, however, show that economic goals remain at the core of planning. Environmental and social aims still play second fiddle, but new measures are in development that may gradually strengthen their influence over urban development practices.
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