Issue-Based Complexity: Digitally Supported Negotiation in Geodesign Linking Planning and Implementation

Shlomit Flint Ashery and Carl Steinitz
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Shlomit Flint Ashery: The Department of Geography and Environment, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, Israel
Carl Steinitz: Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 15, 1-19

Abstract: Research regarding the complex issues in planning negotiation is sparse. This article aims to shed light on the characteristics of “the negotiation issue” in planning and how to deal with negotiation-related complexity towards planning implementation. It conceptualizes processes of negotiation that are represented/implemented via graphic and geographic elements, where the topology is a crucial factor. Our case study of the CAMKOX corridor at UCL’s geodesign workshop provides new insights into the potential of digital negotiations for assessing the characteristics of planning negotiation issues and their associated complexity drivers to enhance the quality of spatiality. The findings provide a detailed description of issue-based planning complexity. A shift of focus away from the products of planning to the negotiation process—as the most important consideration in planning—opens the possibility of implementing “shared” interventions on which there is consensus.

Keywords: planning; negotiation; “the negotiation issue” in planning; planning implementation; consensus (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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