Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning

The paper argues for a stronger distinction within planning protests, which is today an everyday part of planning practice. Furthermore, it is argued that the diversity of planning protest can also be used for differentiated reactions of planning practitioners. It is possible and sensible to adopt...

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Main Authors: Grischa Frederik Bertram, Uwe Altrock
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Language:deu
Published: oekom verlag GmbH 2020-04-01
Series:Raumforschung und Raumordnung
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Online Access:https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/279
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description The paper argues for a stronger distinction within planning protests, which is today an everyday part of planning practice. Furthermore, it is argued that the diversity of planning protest can also be used for differentiated reactions of planning practitioners. It is possible and sensible to adopt theories from protest and social movements research to better understand protest in planning, yet specifications for planning-related protest are needed. Planning protests are understood as collective action and form of local political participation, which takes place independently participation offers and has a relation to local spatial planning. Based on an empirical survey and statistical analysis of more than four hundred planning-related citizen protests in Berlin between 2005 and 2015, supported by two qualitative case studies, a typology of nine protest types will be developed, that is specific in time and place. The causes and claims articulated in the framing of protesters are understood as alternative approaches to solving planning problems. In particular, a distinction is made between situational and planning-dependent as well as initiative and reactive types of protest. Differences in content appear to be of special importance for the current protests, but also underline its political character. Yet, they are only part of the phenomenological diversity of planning protest and reactions therefore are to be differentiated for every individual case. This will be highlighted with regard to protests that are organised either by affected or unaffected citizens.
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spelling doaj.art-a74191ab018142b1a67db8f73ef965792022-12-22T04:28:57Zdeuoekom verlag GmbHRaumforschung und Raumordnung0034-01111869-41792020-04-0178210.2478/rara-2019-0059Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by PlanningGrischa Frederik Bertram0Uwe Altrock1Universität Kassel, Stadterneuerung und PlanungstheorieKassel, DeutschlandUniversität Kassel, Stadterneuerung und PlanungstheorieKassel, Deutschland The paper argues for a stronger distinction within planning protests, which is today an everyday part of planning practice. Furthermore, it is argued that the diversity of planning protest can also be used for differentiated reactions of planning practitioners. It is possible and sensible to adopt theories from protest and social movements research to better understand protest in planning, yet specifications for planning-related protest are needed. Planning protests are understood as collective action and form of local political participation, which takes place independently participation offers and has a relation to local spatial planning. Based on an empirical survey and statistical analysis of more than four hundred planning-related citizen protests in Berlin between 2005 and 2015, supported by two qualitative case studies, a typology of nine protest types will be developed, that is specific in time and place. The causes and claims articulated in the framing of protesters are understood as alternative approaches to solving planning problems. In particular, a distinction is made between situational and planning-dependent as well as initiative and reactive types of protest. Differences in content appear to be of special importance for the current protests, but also underline its political character. Yet, they are only part of the phenomenological diversity of planning protest and reactions therefore are to be differentiated for every individual case. This will be highlighted with regard to protests that are organised either by affected or unaffected citizens. https://rur.oekom.de/index.php/rur/article/view/279ProtestParticipationPlanning policyTypologyBerlin
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Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
Raumforschung und Raumordnung
Protest
Participation
Planning policy
Typology
Berlin
title Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
title_full Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
title_fullStr Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
title_full_unstemmed Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
title_short Towards Normality: Planning-related Protests and Reactions by Planning
title_sort towards normality planning related protests and reactions by planning
topic Protest
Participation
Planning policy
Typology
Berlin
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