Localism and Neighbourhood Planning: Power to the People?

by Sue Brownill (Editor), Quintin Bradley (Editor)

Overview

Governments around the world are seeing the locality as a key arena for effecting changes in governance, restructuring state/civil society relations and achieving sustainable growth. This is the first book to critically analyse this shift towards localism in planning through exploring neighbourhood planning; one of the fastest growing, most popular and most contentious contemporary planning initiatives. Bringing together original empirical research with critical perspectives on governance and planning, the book engages with broader debates on the purposes of planning, the construction of active citizenship, the uneven geographies of localism and the extent to which power is actually being devolved. Setting this within an international context with cases from the US, Australia and France the book reflects on the possibilities for the emergence of a more progressive form of localism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447329527
Publisher:	Policy Press
Publication date:	01/18/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Sue Brownill is Reader in Urban Policy and Governance at Oxford Brookes University. Her research focuses on public participation and spatial equity in planning and regeneration, affordable housing and community planning and localism. Quintin Bradley is a Senior Lecturer in Planning and Housing at Leeds Beckett University, leading post-graduate study in planning and housing. He leads research into community planning and localism, housing rights and social movements.

Table of Contents

List of tables and figures v

List of photographs vi

Editors' acknowledgements vii

Notes on contributors ix

1 Introduction Sue Brownill Quintin Bradley 1

Part 1 Understanding and characterising neighbourhood planning 17

2 Neighbourhood planning and the purposes and practices of localism Sue Brownill 19

3 Neighbourhoods, communities and the local scale Quintin Bradley 39

4 Neighbourhood planning and the spatial practices of localism Quintin Bradley Amy Burnett William Sparling 57

5 The uneven geographies of neighbourhood planning in England Gavin Parker 75

Part 2 Experiences, contestations and debates 93

6 Developing a neighbourhood plan: stories from 'community-led' planning pathfinders David McGuinness Carol Ludwig 95

7 Voices from the neighbourhood: stories from the participants in neighbourhood plans and the professionals working with them Quintin Bradley Sue Brownitl 113

8 Participation and conflict in the formation of neighbourhood areas and forums in 'super-diverse' cities Claire Colomb 127

9 Assembling neighbourhoods: topologies of power and the reshaping of planning Sue Brownill 145

10 A passion for place: the emotional identifications and empowerment of neighbourhood planning Quintin Bradley 163

Part 3 International comparisons in community planning 181

11 Community-based planning and localism in the devolved UK Simon Pemberton 183

12 Citizen participation: an essential lever for urban transformation in France? Camille Gardesse Jodelle Zetlaoui-Léger 199

13 Localism and neighbourhood planning in Australian public policy and governance Paul Burton 215

14 The many lives of neighbourhood planning in the US: much ado about something? Larry Bennett 231

Part 4 Reflections and conclusions 249

15 Reflections on neighbourhood planning: towards a progressive localism Quintin Bradley Sue Brownill 251

Index 269

Editorial Reviews

"This book provides an analytical, current, and essential insight into localism and neighborhood planning and is a must read for anyone studying or engaging in urban planning and public policy today."

Adam Sheppard