Conflict Management In Urban Planning

Published in 1992, the aim of this book is to give both the professional planner and the student a feel for the current arguments alive in planning policy circles and to introduce relevant contemporary research. This book has developed out of a series of seminars run at the Institute of Planning Studies at Nottingham University as part of its continuing professional development programme. Each of the seminars brought together a variety of speakers who were involved with the topic under discussion from a different aspect – some with academic research experience and others with practical policy implementation. Most the nineteen contributors presented papers at this series of seminars, but some have been rewritten, others substantially revised, and several have been commissioned especially for this book. Four current policy issues are examined: provision and pedestrians; jobs for the inner cities; the homeless and the relationship between planners and developers. For each topic contributors were chosen who could approach the problem from a different point of view, the aim being to explore each topic with direct statements and straightforward arguments leading therefore to a more stimulating breadth of this view rather than a bland overview.

Planning and Conflict discusses the reasons for conflicts around urban developments and analyzes their shape in contemporary cities. It offers an interdisciplinary framework for scholars to engage with the issue of planning conflicts, focusing on both empirical and theoretical inquiry. By reviewing different perspectives for planners to engage with conflicts, and not simply mediate or avoid them, Planning and Conflict provides a theoretically informed look forward to the future of engaged, responsive city development that involves all its stakeholders.

PART I Conflict Management and Governance Models for Sustainable Transport Chapter 1 Sustainable Urban Transport and Improving the Quality of Life 1. Introduction 2. Urban Transport and Sustainable Development 3. Foreign Policies for Sustainable Urban Transport 4. Main Issues in the Process of Urban Transport Policymaking 5. Vision and Promotion Strategy of Sustainable Urban Transport Policies 6. Conclusion Chapter 2 Conflict Management and Governance Models 1. Introduction 2. Theories of Conflict Management and of Governance 3. Current Situation and Problems of the Nationwide Public Transport Operation and Necessity of Reform for the Public Transport Operation System 4. Background of the Reform of the Public Transport System and Establishment of the Role of Structure of the Committee on Bus Reform: A Seoul Case Study 5. Governance Model for Building an Integrated System of Nationwide Public Transport 6. Conclusions and Suggestions Chapter 3 Conflict Factors between the Central and Local Governments for Transport Facilities 1. Introduction 2. Conflict Factors Due to the Supply and Management of Transport Facilities 3. Some Measures to Strengthen a Cooperation System of the Supply and Operation of Transport Facilities 4. Policy Proposals and Conclusions PART II Stories of the Seoul Bus Reform and Its Conflict Management Chapter 1 Introduction: Public Opinion on Seoul City Buses 1. Seoul City Buses Before July 1, 2004 2. Seoul City Buses After July 1, 2004 Chapter 2 Leading to the Seoul Bus Reform 1. External Factors that Made the Reform Inevitable 2. Internal Factors that Made the Reform Inevitable 3. Net Reform Benefits 4. Related Overseas Case Studies 5. Promoting the Seoul Bus Reform 6. July 1 2004 Chapter 3 Conflict Studies 1. Understanding Conflicts 2. Conflict Management Chapter 4 Seoul Bus Reform Stories and Conflicts 1. Introduction 2. Approaching Conflict Management

Published in collaboration with the Consensus Building Institute, this book calls for a mutual gains approach to land disputes. The authors detail techniques that allow stakeholders with conflicting interests to collaborate, voice concerns constructively, and reach successful agreements that benefit all parties involved in zoning, planning, and development.

Human Factors in Architecture, Sustainable Urban Planning and Infrastructure Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022), July 24–28, 2022, New York, USA

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.