The Embeddedness of Planning in Cultural Contexts: Theoretical Foundations for the Analysis of Dynamic Planning Cultures

Frank Othengrafen and Mario Reimer
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Frank Othengrafen: Institute of Environmental Planning, University of Hannover, Herrenhäuser Strasse 2, 30419 Hannover, Germany
Mario Reimer: ILS—Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development, Brüderweg 22-24, 44135 Dortmund, Germany

Environment and Planning A, 2013, vol. 45, issue 6, 1269-1284

Abstract: This paper recognises the need to study the complex relations between spatial planning and cultural contexts in a more comprehensive way. The objective is to contribute to a theoretical basis and conceptual framework for a systematic analysis of spatial planning, that is, planning practices related to a cultural and social context, on the basis of a complex system of criteria. This may contribute to achieving a better understanding of the complex relationships between the cultural context—including the specific socioeconomic patterns and related cultural norms, values, traditions, and attitudes—and spatial planning as an operative instrument of territorial policy by introducing the term ‘planning culture’. Therefore, as culture is subtle and complex in nature and is based on fluid concepts, theoretical approaches of cultural change are also introduced to provide a more dynamic conception of planning cultures to analyse and understand recent changes in spatial planning.

Keywords: Spatial planning; culture; planning culture; culturised planning model; cultural change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1068/a45131

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