Cities of (In)Difference and the Challenge for Planning

Challenges and Opportunities for Planning in the Ethno-culturally Diverse City: A Collection of Papers--Introduction

“…With some notable exceptions (Edgington & Hutton, 2002;Moore Milroy & Wallace, 2001;Thompson et al, 1998;Wallace & Moore Milroy, 1999) there is far less literature that explains how these insights should be put into practice, or identifies innovative strategies that practitioners have implemented. As both a discipline of study and as a municipal service, urban planning has been very slow in recognizing the significance of ethno-cultural minority populations (Burayidi, 2000;Moore Milroy & Wallace, 2001;Sandercock 1998Sandercock , 2000Sandercock & Kliger, 1998). Our workshop in 2000 confirmed that, internationally, there are few documented examples of planners taking diversity into account in the practice of their profession.…”

“…There is a wide gap between planning practice, in the broadest definition, and the important contribution that planning theory has made to our understanding of cultural diversity. There is an emerging literature about how urban planning should respond to ethno-cultural diversity (Burayidi, 2000;Qadeer, 1997Qadeer, , 2000Sandercock, 1998Sandercock, , 2000Sandercock & Kliger, 1998;Thomas, 2000;Thomas & Krishnarayan, 1994;Thomas & Ritzdorf, 1997) that is part of a larger discussion around negotiating the challenges of making a multicultural society work in general (Kymlicka, 1995;Parekh, 2000;Pestieau, 1999). With some notable exceptions (Edgington & Hutton, 2002;Moore Milroy & Wallace, 2001;Thompson et al, 1998;Wallace & Moore Milroy, 1999) there is far less literature that explains how these insights should be put into practice, or identifies innovative strategies that practitioners have implemented.…”

Quality of Life and Compact Development Policies in Bandung, Indonesia

“…Understanding the process of building cities and the processes of living, consuming, and producing in cities is more desirable because different cities are formed by different factors such as topography, history, demography and socioeconomic condition, which need different solutions when it comes to a question of a sustainable urban form (Frey 1999;Neuman 2005). It is more important to consider whether the process of building cities and the process of living, consuming, and producing in cities are sustainable (Sandercock 2000;Neuman 2005). The attempt to attain the sustainability via physical means alone is not appropriate.…”

Generative methods in urban design: a progress assessment

“…In particular, the trend toward engagement of residents evident in the ''third generation'' of the design methods movement has continued and accelerated. A notable example is so-called Communicative Planning, which seeks to build inclusiveness, incorporate difference, reach out to marginalized groups, and sensitize planners to a wide variety of viewpoints and alternative ways of knowing (Qadeer 1997, Sandercock 2000, Harwood 2005. Sandercock (1998) describes the evolution of a ''utopia with a difference'' (pp.…”

“…5, 119) a similar concept to Friedmann's (2002) ''open city'' of diverse peoples, united by applied principles of ecology, citizenship, and regional governance. The planning profession has been plagued by the lack of a workable knowledge base about how to communicate with diverse population groups (Wallace and Milroy 1999), but we now see how ''a thousand tiny empowerments'' can help to constitute a more socially transformative planning process (Sandercock 2000).…”