Networked dynamics of knowledge integration in strategic spatial planning processes: a social network approach

Eräranta, Susa; Mladenović, Miloš N.

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1739637

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“…Specifically, document analysis research can have limitations such as insufficient detail and selection bias [60]. As much as this research tries to alleviate those potential limitations with its use of expert interviews and document analysis together, novel methodological approaches to the study of highly complex and networked dynamics of integrated planning processes are necessitated [61]. Correspondingly, more studies looking into the MAL planning process, especially from the perspective of how planning actors navigate daily through such processes, are needed to achieve one more perspective of understanding into the complexity of land use and transport integration.…”

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Challenges in Land Use and Transport Planning Integration in Helsinki Metropolitan Region—A Historical-Institutional Perspective

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Land use and transport integration has been considered a must-have approach in achieving sustainable urban development. However, successful applications of the concept have been few, as institutional reforms to support land use and transport integration have lagged behind. Accordingly, this article argues that understanding difficulties in land use and transport integration requires an analysis of the long-term evolution of formal and informal institutional frameworks in planning practices. For this purpose, this article presents a case study of land use and transport planning in Finland’s Helsinki Metropolitan Region, which combines interview research on planners’ perceptions with a document analysis of the historical trajectories of the region’s plans, policy documents and related institutional and organizational changes. The historical-institutional approach of the article draws on discursive institutionalism as a novel analytical approach for studying how land use and transport integration is institutionally conditioned.

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“…To realize truly human scale planning it is not enough to invest in public participation, since the self-organized actions of inhabitants and their everyday life practices also play a crucial role. Ultimately, we will have to ask a question about knowledge integration in dynamic planning processes, if planning processes are to aim at including more, rather than less, participants (Eräranta and Mladenović, 2020).…”

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What could transport planning practice learn from public participation GIS method?

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Transport in Human Scale Cities

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“…In terms of our area of focus, Finland, there is a need for further analysis of transport governance. Unpacking the complex and layered constellation of actors, as already seen in the domain of urban planning [121], requires particular attention from academia. Again, this is not only important for knowledge generation but also to strengthen the democracy of Finnish transport policy processes.…”

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Imaginaries of Road Transport Automation in Finnish Governance Culture—A Critical Discourse Analysis

Olin

Mladenović

2022

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As transport automation technology continues to emerge, there is a need to engage in the questions of its governing—to find a balance between unreflective enablement and rigid control. An increasing body of literature has begun to address the topic, but only a few studies have examined discourse and culture as central components of the related governance processes. This article aims to analyse the discourse surrounding self-driving vehicles in the Finnish context by drawing from the concept of sociotechnical imaginaries. The critical discourse analysis framework is applied to study a comprehensive set of documents published by Finnish national-level governmental bodies from 2013 to 2020. The analysis identifies four imagined ways of implementing self-driving vehicles into the Finnish transport system and a large set of mostly positive anticipated implications. Moreover, the analysis illustrates the transport automation imaginary’s cultural and spatial detachment, most obvious in the lack of detail and the disconnection between the imagined implementations and the anticipated implications. The findings are convergent with findings from other governance contexts, where discourse has been largely characterised by an unjustified optimism and strong determinism related to the wedlock with the automobility regime. If left unaddressed, such lack of reflectivity will not just lead to a plethora of undesired implications for Finnish society at large but will also signify a failure in developing an adaptive governance culture needed to face challenges of the 21st century.

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Networked dynamics of knowledge integration in strategic spatial planning processes: a social network approach

Cited by 20 publications

References 76 publications

Challenges in Land Use and Transport Planning Integration in Helsinki Metropolitan Region—A Historical-Institutional Perspective

Challenges in Land Use and Transport Planning Integration in Helsinki Metropolitan Region—A Historical-Institutional Perspective

What could transport planning practice learn from public participation GIS method?

Imaginaries of Road Transport Automation in Finnish Governance Culture—A Critical Discourse Analysis

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