| Planning in Ten Words or Less: A Lacanian Entanglement with Spatial Planning Contributor(s): Gunder, Michael (Author), Hillier, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138274712 ISBN-13: 9781138274716 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Science | Earth Sciences - Geography |
| Dewey: 307.121 |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book takes a Lacanian, and related post-structuralist perspective to demythologize ten of the most heavily utilised terms in spatial planning: rationality, the good, certainty, risk, growth, globalization, multi-culturalism, sustainability, responsibility and 'planning' itself. It highlights that these terms, and others, are mere 'empty signifiers', meaning everything and nothing. Based on international examples of planning practice and process, Planning in Ten Words or Less suggests that spatial and urban planning is largely based on the construction and deployment of ideological knowledge claims. |
