GGR217H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Urban Sprawl, Thomas Kuhn, Muddling Through
11 May 2018
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Professor Katharine Rankin Oct. 31, 2016
GGR217 LECTURE 7
THE TERRAIN OF PLANNING THEORY
NEW URBANISM (1980s)
• Leading Intellectuals → Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberck (through writings
and implemented community designs
- A critique of suburban sprawl
• Humanizing cities, connecting neighbourhoods
Ex. Cornell, Markham
Ex. Oak Park, Oakville
PLANNING THEORY
Rational-Comprehensive, Incremental, Advocacy, Communicative Action… (there are others)
THOMAS KUHN & PARADIGM
• Paradigm = “stands for the entire constellation of beliefs, values, techniques, and so on
shared by members of given community”
• Important because, as planners, it leads us to think differently about →
- What is the likely source of the problem we are investigating
- What DATA we need to understand the situation, and what TYPES OF ANALYSS
would help us in understanding the problem and in the design of solutions
- The likely SCOPE OF LAND PLANNING APPROACHES for “solving” the
problem
HOW TO COMPARE THEORIES/STYLES?
• Perspective of the Plan
- Scope of the plan
- Time-frame of the plan
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Document Summary
New urbanism (1980s: leading intellectuals andres duany and elizabeth plater-zyberck (through writings and implemented community designs. A critique of suburban sprawl: humanizing cities, connecting neighbourhoods. Rational-comprehensive, incremental, advocacy, communicative action (there are others) Thomas kuhn & paradigm: paradigm = stands for the entire constellation of beliefs, values, techniques, and so on shared by members of given community . Important because, as planners, it leads us to think differently about . What is the likely source of the problem we are investigating. What data we need to understand the situation, and what types of analyss would help us in understanding the problem and in the design of solutions. The likely scope of land planning approaches for solving the problem. How to compare theories/styles: perspective of the plan. Detail of plan: perspective on the planner. 1st paradigm reflective of notion of modern utopianism. Attempt to physically plan the whole city land use, housing, infrastructure.
