Time, Politics and Place

The Temporalities of Urban Governance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Time, Politics and Place critically explores time as a political and strategic resource shaping urban governance, planning processes and planning system reform across the UK and Europe. Bringing together leading researchers, it demonstrates how time has been undervalued in spatial planning and advocates for greater attention to temporalities. The lens of time highlights how different temporal modalities shape what, how and for whom we plan. Dominant approaches stress speed and growth but these can undermine public trust, system integrity and long-term sustainability. Given the challenges faced in the 21st century, the book asserts the need to refigure the active role of time in shaping futures.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-10-01
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447379096

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Gavin Parker is Professor of Planning Studies at the University of Reading. Gavin co-authored Slow Planning? Timescapes, Power and Democracy (2024) with Mark Dobson. Mark Dobson is Lecturer in Planning and Development at the University of Reading. Mark co-authored Slow Planning? Timescapes, Power and Democracy (2024) with Gavin Parker.

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‘If planning is an attempt to control change over time, then time has long been the overlooked ingredient in Planning Theory. This book offers welcome confirmation that thinking about the temporality of planning is both essential and fascinating, with a rich diversity of approaches found across its chapters. The broad implication is that we must change how we conceptualise plans, and how we practice planning in its many contexts. If Ottar Brox showed that planning is as much about where we don’t want to go as where we aim to be, then this book shows us how to undertake the journey in a spirit of openness and generosity of spirit.' Simone Abram, Durham University

Innehållsförteckning

1. Time, Politics and Place in Planning and Urban Governance - Gavin Parker and Mark Dobson2. Visions of Time and Conceptions of Planning: On the Central Role of Change - Stefano Moroni3. Reframing Temporality in Planning: From Neglect to Opportunity - Thorsten Wiechmann and Gerard Hutter4. Neoliberal Time Regimes and Time-Scarcity in Planning - Simin Davoudi5. Between Swift and Slow Planning: Implications for Participation and the Case for Systemic and Multi-Temporal Strategies - Camilo Calderon and Amelia Mutter 6. Power, Ideas and Action: Changing the Timescape of the Irish Planning System - Linda Fox-Rogers, Mick Lennon and Richard Waldron7. Timescapes and Townscapes in Reform: Property Rights and the Temporal Politics of Planning in Spain - Lucia Cerrada Morato8. Time Bargains, Creative Adaptations and Public Interest in Local Planning Timescapes - Gavin Parker and Mark Dobson9. Temporal Governance, Institutional Inertia and Delay in Portuguese Spatial Planning - Jorge Goncalves10. The ‘Projectification’ of Urban Policy: New Development Times in London’s Olympic Park - Mike Raco and Sonia Freire Trigo11. Taking Time to Expand Infrastructural Publics: Meeting the Ethical Challenges of the Anthropocene - Daniel Durrant12. The Temporal Turn in Planning Thought: Implications for Theory, Practice and Place - Mark Dobson and Gavin Parker