Planning for a Material World

Herausgeber: Lieto, Laura; Beauregard, Robert A

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book explores the contribution of assemblage thinking and actor-network theory (ANT) to planning theory and practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138830677
• ISBN-10: 1138830674
• Artikelnr.: 42698648

Autorenporträt

Laura Lieto is a Professor of Urban Planning in the Department of Architecture at the 'Federico II' University, Italy. Robert A. Beauregard is a Professor of Urban Planning in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Planning and the politics of resistance (Robert A.
Beauregard) 2. Things, rules and politics: Blurring the boundaries between
formality and informality (Laura Lieto) 3. The pedestrianization of the
Naples' seafront: Assemblage thinking as a planning tool (Gilda Berruti) 4.
Translation: William Vickrey and the remaking of transportation knowledge
infrastructure (John West) 5. Re-assembling world and waste: Informal
practices of waste picking in Naples (Laura Basco) 6. 'Recombinant' hybrid
ecologies and landscapes: Piana Campana, South Italy (Enrico Formato) 7.
Minutiae: Meeting minutes as actors in participatory planning processes
(Linus Vanhellemont & Serena Vicari Haddock) 8. Mobilizing policy:
Microfinance's journey from Bangladesh to Washington DC (Linying He) 9.
Normative planning research in a material world? Trading zones and
assemblages (Raine Mäntysalo, Ilona Akkila & Alessandro Balducci) 10.
Assemblage, assembly and difference (Attilio Belli) Final remarks