Of property and planning: a brief introduction

Fawaz, Mona; Moumtaz, Nada

doi:10.1080/14649357.2017.1328805

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“…Although recent developments have brought this tangled situation to the fore, this ‘bundled’ nature continues to be obscured by the ideological structure of the liberal paradigm, which neither recognizes such entanglements nor accepts the broader public as legitimate claimants. Ownership is discursively posited as an exclusive relation between owners and property, rather than a complex relationship amongst people in relation to property objects (Blomley 2004: Fawaz & Moumtaz 2017; Hann 1998). This greatly restricted campaigners’ ability to reject Dalieh's privatization since, as Fawaz (2017 a ) has argued, planning interventions not only are instrumental to the reproduction of the social inequalities that are embedded in property relations, but also drastically limit the claims that non‐owners can make over the natural and built environment.…”

Section: Moving Beyond Possessive Individualism: the Public Good Disc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contesting property: urban commons, statecraft, and the ‘tyranny’ of liberalism in Lebanon

Stefanelli

2023

Royal Anthropological Inst

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As heterogeneous forms of commodification threaten the survival of urban commons worldwide, in Beirut a group of residents and professionals has resorted to civic advocacy to keep the beach of Dalieh of Raouche accessible, including calling on public authorities to intervene. Combining Polanyian analysis and recent developments in the anthropology of the state, civic advocacy is recast here as a case of ‘grassroots’ statecraft, adapted to, as well as shaped by, the logics and discourses of late capitalism that it seeks to undo. As such, counter‐movements are reconceptualized as not only defensive, but also offensive and explicitly generative of new political projects and modes of governance. At the same time, the article pushes the argument further to suggest that ‘grassroots’ statecraft in the context of the protection of the commons is inherently multivocal, and that calls for, and rejection of, state intervention may be contained at once within this counter‐movement, forced to coexist by the constraints imposed by the neoliberal political‐economic system it confronts.

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Section: Moving Beyond Possessive Individualism: the Public Good Disc...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Contesting property: urban commons, statecraft, and the ‘tyranny’ of liberalism in Lebanon

Stefanelli

2023

Royal Anthropological Inst

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“…This assumption not only masks the political nature of planning but also limits the forms of practice that planners might consider, particularly when it comes to addressing injustice (Fawaz, 2017). Uncritically accepting the private property regime ensures that the world is created “in the image of the ownership model” and limits planning activities to those that are legible within the property grid (Fawaz and Moumtaz, 2017: 346).…”

Section: Planning Propertied Landscapesmentioning

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What is planning without property? Relational practices of being and belonging

Dorries

2022

Environ Plan D

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What is planning without property? This question was recently posed to me following a conference presentation. In this paper, I argue that taking this question seriously reveals unchallenged assumptions about the relationship between planning and property. Focusing on Canada as a settler colonial liberal democracy, I respond to this question by looking at the Indian Act which has supported colonial dispossession and assimilation in Canada for almost 200 years and rely on Brenna Bhandar’s conceptualization of “racial regimes of property” as a means of examining how racial subjects and private property are co-produced. I then look to the practices reflected in the creation of Nadia Myre's artwork Indian Act to show how Indigenous epistemologies can aid in the conceptualization of planning without property. I argue that planning without property would be an approach to planning that would be focused on identifying, making, and strengthening the human and more-than-human relationships the flourishing of life requires. Thus, planning without property would support practices of being and belonging rather than practices of exclusion and domination.

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“…Regardless of the fundamental relationship between urban planning and property, planners have rarely looked at the latter and its implications for their practice. Property is traditionally linked to ownership and a plot of land, which are essential in urban planning (Fawaz & Moumtaz, 2017). As Campbell (1996Campbell ( , 2016 asserts, property is one of the planners' sustainability triangle axes, highlighting this intertwined relationship between these disciplines and elements.…”

Section: Discourses Of a Pre-and Post-pandemic Citymentioning

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Reimagining the Future of the Sydney CBD: Reflecting on Covid-19-Driven Changes in Commercial and Residential Property Trends

Vigiola

Cilliers

Lozano-Paredes

2022

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Covid-19 has led to unprecedented changes in functional structures in our cities. Since the mid-20th century, central business districts (CBDs) worldwide have hosted economic and employment activities, leaving suburbia to home the residential function. However, the global Covid-19 responses have resulted in changes in some urban functions, and it is yet to see if these changes would transpire as temporary or permanent. Some argue that the broad macrogeographical pattern of urbanisation is unlikely to be changed. Still, that significant intra-metropolitan, neighbourhood-level and daily life changes are to become part of the new reality. Thus, this article considered these changes by focusing on property trends in the Sydney CBD to reflect on future trends, urban structures, and associated functions. An evaluative single case study desktop analysis was conducted to investigate commercial vacancy rates and rental prices within the CBD of Sydney (Australia) between 2018 and 2021 to reflect on the Covid-19-drive changes and their implications for urban planners. Findings highlighted that before Covid-19, both residential and commercial markets were growing, with rising rental prices and decreasing vacancy rates. However, commercial vacancies in the CBD have increased, and rental prices have decreased since 2020’s lockdown, stressing the dropping demand for commercial spaces. The residential market experienced a different trend with dropping vacancy rates and increasing rental prices. The data analysed provide an initial understanding of how Covid-19 has impacted the Sydney CBD. It poses some insights into potential future trends and changes in the urban landscape. It highlights the implications that the planning profession should consider in the quest to realise sustainable and resilient cities.

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Of property and planning: a brief introduction

Cited by 12 publications

References 27 publications

Contesting property: urban commons, statecraft, and the ‘tyranny’ of liberalism in Lebanon

Contesting property: urban commons, statecraft, and the ‘tyranny’ of liberalism in Lebanon

What is planning without property? Relational practices of being and belonging

Reimagining the Future of the Sydney CBD: Reflecting on Covid-19-Driven Changes in Commercial and Residential Property Trends

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