The Network Society: A New Context for Planning

by Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

• ISBN13: 9780415701501
• ISBN10: 0415701503
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-13
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Network Societylooks the challenges that the new paradigm of the Network Society creates Urban and Regional Planning. Chapters grouped into five themes discuss theoretical and practical perspectives on the contemporary organization of social, economic, cultural, political and physical spaces. The first section looks at models of the Network Society. The second looks at the impact of physical networks such as transport. The third discusses challenges for Planners raised by society's increased reliance on new technology. The fourth examines local networks including community networks and the possibilities of setting up local networks for disaster recovery. The final part compares spatial and policy networks and looks at the institutions involved. This book is essential reading for graduate level courses in urban studies, city and regional planning, and urban design. With its clear structure - unitary sections but a diversity of perspectives - the book can be used easily in courses such asPlanning Theory, Urban Infrastructure and Public Policy.

Table of Contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS	ix
NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS	xi
PREFACE	xvii
INTRODUCTION A New Context for Planning?	1	(6)
Louis Albrechts and Seymour J. Mandelbaum
PART I The Network Society: A New Paradigm?	7	(56)
CHAPTER ONE Communicative Action and the Network Society: A Pragmatic Marriage?	9	(15)
Niraj Verma and HaeRan Shin
CHAPTER TWO Planning and the Network City: Discursive Correspondences	24	(10)
Robert A. Beauregard
CHAPTER THREE Escaping the Prison of "the Present Place": Can We Plan the Future of Localities in the Context of a Network Society?	34	(11)
Dowell Myers
CHAPTER FOUR The Discourse Network: A Way of Understanding Policy Formation, Stability, and Change in the Networked Polity	45	(12)
Nicholas Low
COMMENTARY Networks and Planning Thought	57	(6)
Judith E. Innes
PART II Organization of Space and Time	63	(102)
IMPACT OF PHYSICAL NETWORKS	65	(58)
CHAPTER FIVE Cities and Transport: Exploring the Need for New Planning Approaches	67	(14)
Luca Bertolini
CHAPTER SIX Networking for Trans-national "Missing Links": Tracing the Political Success of European High-speed Rail in the 1990's	81	(14)
Deike Peters
CHAPTER SEVEN Strategies for Networked Cities	95	(15)
Stephen Graham
CHAPTER EIGHT The "Network City": A New Old Way of Thinking Cities in the ICT Age	110	(10)
Paul Drewe
COMMENTARY Challenging the "Old" Urban Planning Paradigm: The Network Approach	120	(3)
Gabriel Dupuy
ORGANIZATION OF SPACE AND TIME: CHALLENGES FOR PLANNING AND PLANNERS	123	(42)
CHAPTER NINE Planning as Persuasive Storytelling in the Context of "the Network Society"	125	(21)
James A. Throgmorton
CHAPTER TEN Network Complexity and the Imaginative Power of Strategic Spatial Planning	146	(15)
Patsy Healey
COMMENTARY Imagining Urban Transformation	161	(6)
Leonie Sandercock
PART III Policy Networks and Governance	165	(148)
LOCAL NETWORKS AND CAPITAL BUILDING	167	(60)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Why Liberal Planning Cannot Manage the Network Society: Lessons from Community Action	169	(14)
Howell S. Baum
CHAPTER TWELVE ICT-enforced Community Networks for Sustainable Development and Social Inclusion	183	(14)
Klaus Frey
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Recovery from Disasters: Challenges for Low-income Communities in the Americas	197	(14)
William J. Siembieda
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The Multicultural City in the Age of Networks	211	(11)
Xavier de Souza Briggs
COMMENTARY Local Networks and Capital Building	222	(5)
Susan S. Fainstein
GOVERNANCE CAPACITY, POLICY NETWORKS, AND TERRITORIAL SPECIFICITIES	227	(86)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Global Emergence of Private Planning and Governance	229	(17)
Chris Webster and Shin Lee
CHAPTER SIXTEEN Inter-agency Transport Planning: Cooperation in a Loose Policy Network	246	(25)
Tore Sager and Inger-Anne Ravlum
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Collaborative Planning, Commitment, and Trust: Dealing with Uncertainty in Networks	271	(13)
Ronald G.H. van Ark and Jurian Edelenbos
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Reconnecting Space, Place, and Institutions: Inquiring into "Local" Governance Capacity in Urban and Regional Research	284	(23)
Enrico Gualini
COMMENTARY Governance Capacity, Policy Networks, and Territorial Specificities	307	(6)
Patsy Healey
BIBLIOGRAPHY	313	(26)
INDEX	339