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Planning for Planet or City?

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  • Mark Davidson

    (Geography Department, Clark University, USA)

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If we now live with a planetary urban process (Brenner & Schmid, 2015a), the very idea of “future cities” must be brought into question. Indeed, we might ask whether urban planning has morphed into planetary planning, with its primary charge being the construction of vast networks of urban systems coordinating a global capitalist process. This commentary cautions against such over-extended theories of urbanization and related planning practices. Although global capitalism has engendered profound spatial changes, the concept of the city remains a crucial social and political idea. By outlining the continued centrality of the city to social and political life, the commentary argues for a democratic evaluation of the urban form in order to plan for, and realize, more just cities.

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  • Mark Davidson, 2016. "Planning for Planet or City?," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 1(1), pages 20-23.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:20-23
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    1. Mark Davidson & Kurt Iveson, 2015. "Beyond city limits," City, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(5), pages 646-664, October.
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    1. Ricardo Fuentealba & Hebe Verrest, 2020. "Disrupting Risk Governance? A Post-Disaster Politics of Inclusion in the Urban Margins," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 5(3), pages 274-283.

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