Localism and neighbourhood planning : power to the people? / edited by Sue Brownill and Quintin Bradley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brownill, Sue, editor.

Bradley, Quintin, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neighborhood planning.

Community life.

City planning.

Physical Description:

xiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2017.

Summary:

Governments around the world are seeing the locality as a key arena for effecting changes in governance, restructuring state/civil society relations and achieving sustainable growth. This is the first book to critically analyse this shift towards localism in planning through exploring neighbourhood planning; one of the fastest growing, most popular and most contentious contemporary planning initiatives. Bringing together original empirical research with critical perspectives on governance and planning, the book engages with broader debates on the purposes of planning, the construction of active citizenship, the uneven geographies of localism and the extent to which power is actually being devolved. Setting this within an international context with cases from the US, Australia and France the book reflects on the possibilities for the emergence of a more progressive form of localism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction / Sue Brownill Brownill, Sue, Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin 1

Part 1 Understanding and characterising neighbourhood planning 17

2 Neighbourhood planning and the purposes and practices of localism / Sue Brownill Brownill, Sue 19

3 Neighbourhoods, communities and the local scale / Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin 39

4 Neighbourhood planning and the spatial practices of localism / Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin, Amy Burnett Burnett, Amy, William Sparling Sparling, William 57

5 The uneven geographies of neighbourhood planning in England / Gavin Parker Parker, Gavin 75

Part 2 Experiences, contestations and debates 93

6 Developing a neighbourhood plan: stories from 'community-led' planning pathfinders / David McGuinness McGuinness, David, Carol Ludwig Ludwig, Carol 95

7 Voices from the neighbourhood: stories from the participants in neighbourhood plans and the professionals working with them / Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin, Sue Brownitl Brownitl, Sue 113

8 Participation and conflict in the formation of neighbourhood areas and forums in 'super-diverse' cities / Claire Colomb Colomb, Claire 127

9 Assembling neighbourhoods: topologies of power and the reshaping of planning / Sue Brownill Brownill, Sue 145

10 A passion for place: the emotional identifications and empowerment of neighbourhood planning / Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin 163

Part 3 International comparisons in community planning 181

11 Community-based planning and localism in the devolved UK Simon Pemberton 183

12 Citizen participation: an essential lever for urban transformation in France? / Camille Gardesse Gardesse, Camille, Jodelle Zetlaoui-Léger Zetlaoui-Léger, Jodelle 199

13 Localism and neighbourhood planning in Australian public policy and governance / Paul Burton Burton, Paul 215

14 The many lives of neighbourhood planning in the US: much ado about something? / Larry Bennett Bennett, Larry 231

Part 4 Reflections and conclusions 249

15 Reflections on neighbourhood planning: towards a progressive localism / Quintin Bradley Bradley, Quintin, Sue Brownill Brownill, Sue 251.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781447329503

1447329503

9781447329497

144732949X

OCLC:

972067320