ARCH 551 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Urban Design, Natural Capital, Liberal Democracy
22 Jun 2018
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ARCH 551: Topic 10
Urban design as public policy: roles of the “visible hands” in liberal democracies
02/12/18
The structuring elements of the contemporary planning system:
oThe statutory general plan
A long-range, comprehensive, and general policy guide for future growth
and development, serving as the basis for design, linked to social and
economic objectives, and implemented in stages
Contingent upon other major endeavors: background analyses,
case law, implementation mechanisms, capital and operating
budgets, public participation, urban design
oThe statutory general plan:
Embodies criteria for judging private development proposals
A significant way in which municipalities/ regions/ places are governed
and controlled
Spans significant dichotomies
Future v. immediate needs
Ideal v. pragmatic considerations
Local v. jurisdiction wide
Institutionalized state planning ought to address:
oControl, order, predictability
Health, hygiene, social strife, aesthetics, political forces
oHumanistic/ social emancipatory aims
Quality of life, social equity, justice,
oEconomic stability or change for the better
Development, not just growth
Transformations of stagnant space
Maintenance of good situations
oResponsible management of scarce resources
“living lightly on the land”
Not eating away at natural capital, living off the interest
Sustainability = the normative aim of state planning
Implementation of statutory general plan:
oLegislative by-laws based on principles and policies
oZoning (to control use of already-built)
oSubdivision control (for greenfield sites)
oDevelopment control (applied on a case-by-case rather than zonal basis)
oSecondary/ district-specific plans
Kinds of public interventions on cities:
oProjects- urban form
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Document Summary
Urban design as public policy: roles of the visible hands in liberal democracies. The structuring elements of the contemporary planning system: the statutory general plan. A long-range, comprehensive, and general policy guide for future growth and development, serving as the basis for design, linked to social and economic objectives, and implemented in stages. Contingent upon other major endeavors: background analyses, case law, implementation mechanisms, capital and operating budgets, public participation, urban design: the statutory general plan: A significant way in which municipalities/ regions/ places are governed and controlled. Institutionalized state planning ought to address: control, order, predictability. Health, hygiene, social strife, aesthetics, political forces: humanistic/ social emancipatory aims. Quality of life, social equity, justice: economic stability or change for the better. Maintenance of good situations: responsible management of scarce resources. Not eating away at natural capital, living off the interest. Sustainability = the normative aim of state planning.
