The Precarious Absence of Disability Perspectives in Planning Research

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ID22018579
AutoresMikiko Terashima (0000-0001-9246-4125, Dalhousie University), Kate Clark (0000-0001-8479-153X, Dalhousie University), Kate J Clark (0000-0003-0726-9005, Dalhousie University)
Año2021
Volumen6
Número1
Páginas120-132
Fecha de publicación2021-02-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Planning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2183-7635 • E-ISSN: 2183-7635
EditorialCogitatio (PUBLISHER • PT)
DOI10.17645/up.v6i1.3612
OpenAlexW3131680422
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas22
Referencias citadas77

One in five people in the world are said to have some type of disability. Disability is not merely individuals’ compromised capability in navigating the built environment, but rather the ‘misfit’ of capabilities with how a given living environment is organized. Planning, therefore, has a crucial role to play in responding to the needs of this significant population through changes to the built and social environment. However, discussion on planning theories and practices with a focus on persons with disability (PWD) has been limited to more specific realms of ‘design,’ and precariously absent in broader planning research. This systematic literature review aims to inform potential directions for planning scholarship by exploring the current and historic planning research investigating the needs of PWD. We compiled relevant papers from five prominent English language planning journals, some of which are long-standing ( Town Planning Review , 1910–, Journal of the American Planning Association , 1935–). A very limited number of papers (n = 36) on topics related to PWD of any type have been published in the five journals throughout their existence, with even fewer focusing on the population. The subareas of planning these papers addressed include housing, transportation, land use, policy, and urban design. Many papers called for participation by PWD in the planning and decision-making processes, and some recent papers advocated for the production of evidence related to costs of creating accessible infrastructure. A critical look on some disciplinary divides and enhanced roles of planning research would be beneficial

Built environment · Civil engineering · Discipline · Environmental planning · Geography · Land use · Land-use planning · Political science · Population · Public relations · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Urban planning · Engineering · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urbanization and City Planning