Unmapping green space

Zalar, Alva; Pries, Johan

doi:10.1080/13604813.2021.2018860

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“…The omissions in this primary material, in particular a lack of citations to all but the most famous scholars drawn on, can to some degree be amended by existing scholarship on planning in Malmö. As this paper will touch on, the local importance of the Copenhagen‐based consultancy founded by Jan Gehl (Listerborn 2017; Zalar and Pries 2022) can credibly be seen as the regional entry point for much of geographical theory discussed, with Gehl's latest handbook referencing almost all the works discussed below (Gehl and Svarre 2013).…”

Section: Traces Of Spatial Theory Reassembled As Planning Practicementioning

confidence: 94%

“…This is done by shifting attention away from questions with potentially far‐reaching and troubling implications, in Li's context mostly relating to property. In an urban planning context, expert knowledges’ use of narrow theoretical focal points and vast blind spots instead tends to ensure that no knowledge that troubles the political premises of the planners can emerge in the process (see Zalar and Pries 2022). In the Sorgenfri case, the conceptual blind spots of new theoretical claims selectively placed out of context have allowed concerns about segregation to be expressed in a new way that is disconnected from both the inequalities unleashed and privileges protected by Malmö's neoliberal urbanism and its strategies for attracting new residents.…”

Section: Traces Of Spatial Theory Reassembled As Planning Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Spatial Theory in Planning Practice? On the Concepts of Space that Made Urban Design a Planning Solution for Segregation in Malmö, Sweden

Pries

2024

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Studying the Sorgenfri urban renewal project in the Swedish city of Malmö, this article suggests that a shift in planning documents reflects a new understanding of segregation containing traces of arguments from theoretical debates in geography. This new understanding of segregation appears informed by geographic debates on encounters, mobility, and boundaries, and implies that segregation is best addressed by planners in public space “between” housing areas to create more “meetings” between “strangers”. While planning focused on segregation in a more granular way, it also ignored racialised inequality's structural preconditions in ways that perfectly match the neoliberal premises of municipal planning. Thus, translating spatial theory into planning practice can be seen as a strategically selective work shaped by local political conditions. This means that geographers’ work might have unexpected and undesired effects even when it has “impact” in policy practice, and that geographers would do well to face this challenge equally strategically.

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Section: Traces Of Spatial Theory Reassembled As Planning Practicementioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Traces Of Spatial Theory Reassembled As Planning Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Spatial Theory in Planning Practice? On the Concepts of Space that Made Urban Design a Planning Solution for Segregation in Malmö, Sweden

Pries

2024

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“…Densifying Million Home Programme areas creates two key problems that are mainly related to distribution and accessibility to green spaces. Zalar and Pries (2022) discuss how densification in Million Home Programme areas leads to dispossession of residents' right to green spaces. They claim that planning knowledge tries to justify densification and redevelopment by labelling exciting green spaces as unused or lacking design qualities.…”

Section: Development Of Stigmatised Neighbourhood In Swedenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…They claim that planning knowledge tries to justify densification and redevelopment by labelling exciting green spaces as unused or lacking design qualities. This process obscures the importance of green spaces for the residents and ultimately results in the loss of public green spaces in stigmatised neighbourhoods (Zalar & Pries 2022). The other issue is that the Million Home Programme areas are already over-crowded (Swedish Police 2017).…”

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Urban densification considering sense of place and environmental justice – or not

Shahrad

2024

Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae

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Rapid urbanisation is a major transformative driving force of continuous and contested changes in socio-spatial urban structure. Such changes can lead to sociospatial injustice especially when they involve marginalised populations. Managing rapid urbanisation thus requires goal-oriented inclusive urban planning and policies to secure sustainable development. The theory of environmental justice, as distributive justice, recognition justice, and procedural justice, has been developed in urban planning literature. The experience of justice – or the lack thereof – also affects sense of place, which in relation to urban change includes how people experience, relate to and create meaning in urban spaces. This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of the interplay between sense of place and issues of environmental justice in relation to urban densification in Swedish stigmatised neighbourhoods. The thesis is based on a case study with multiple sampling techniques: document analysis, visual discourse analysis, photo elicitation, and interviews with residents, planners and stakeholders. The first paper focuses on the role of media in creating discourses concerning e.g. safety and security and how these discourses impact the creation of socio-spatial injustice. The second paper concentrates on the impact of an urban densification project to shed light on issues of environmental justice and public participation. In the third paper, the concept of sense of densification is introduced, and it examines how densification projects affect residents’ lives, both in outcomes and as processes. The thesis concludes that the combined knowledge about sense of place and environmental justice research from an urban planning standpoint can provide a greater understanding of how to motivate residents to act collectively to improve their community and participate in local planning processes. This is important for planners and stakeholders, in order to strengthen a sustainable planning and design process by understanding and honouring the value of local meanings of places.

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“…Another issue is that New Urbanist neighbourhoods often have a lack of green space and playgrounds. While parks and playgrounds are important for children to have a place to play and expend energy, many New Urbanist neighbourhoods have limited or no green space, making it difficult for families to find a place for their children to play (Zalar et al, 2022). In addition, the New Urbanist housing units, such as apartments and townhomes, often struggle to cater to the inherent disorganisation that comes with children (Wegmann, J.…”

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Suburbia: The Government Subsidised Urbanism Nightmare

MacGibbon¹

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New Zealand is a country with deep-seated roots in the outdoors, from its rolling farmland to its lush native bush. As it stands today however, New Zealand is at a crossroad with cities like Christchurch finding its surrounding farmland and forests being mass subdivided and its prime centre city lots in low residential demand. Meet the New Zealand ‘quarter-acre dream’, an ideal of which most kiwis are all too familiar, with it having been around about as long as we have. This ideal, born from settlers' wishes to escape the cramped cities, and modernised by the post WWII car-dependent, suburban experiment, has its fair share of shortcomings. Be it environmental concerns, suburban subsidisation, racial & gender discrimination, or infrastructural inefficiencies, the viability of low-density suburbia as a long term housing solution has been long called into question. Yet even through the crippling trading of short-term growth for long-term liabilities, New Zealand suburbia continues to grow without signs of slowing. While planning laws and governmental intervention have attempted to encourage the adoption of higher density living with varying success, the hesitancy of New Zealand suburbanites is evident. From an architectural perspective, the quality and desirability of the competition in the form of mid-high rise residential developments, may well be contributing to said hesitancy. In a research article by Hazel Easthope and Andrew Tice it was said that; “a disparity exists between identified planning assumptions regarding apartment residents and the actual apartment population.” (2011). This thesis intends to fill that void by developing design strategies that translate the desirable aspects of the New Zealand ‘quarter-acre dream’ and better cater to the needs and preferences of current suburbanites and those that would readily join them. While the jump to a high rise apartment is likely too much for many, the use of medium density housing provides a more palatable compromise. It’s entirely plausible that by designing a desirable, medium-density housing alternative to traditional detached suburban homes, catered towards the needs and preferences of New Zealand suburbia's majority demographic, architecture can play a more significant role in the slowing of suburban sprawl.

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Unmapping green space

Cited by 16 publications

References 26 publications

Spatial Theory in Planning Practice? On the Concepts of Space that Made Urban Design a Planning Solution for Segregation in Malmö, Sweden

Spatial Theory in Planning Practice? On the Concepts of Space that Made Urban Design a Planning Solution for Segregation in Malmö, Sweden

Urban densification considering sense of place and environmental justice – or not

Suburbia: The Government Subsidised Urbanism Nightmare

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