Introduction

Planning/resistance

Bibliographic Data

ID11668152
AuthorsWalter J Nicholls (0000-0003-4589-5082, Department of Planning, Policy, and Design, 300 Social Ecology I, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA, corresponding author), J Uitermark (0000-0002-5274-1455, University of Amsterdam)
Year2016
Volume38
Issue4
Pages512-520
Publication date2016-04-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueUrban Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02723638.2016.1168570
OpenAlexW2337352116
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited25

For years urban planning has been understood as a government instrument to rationalize space, populations, and the conduct of residents. This view is consistent with recent discussions of the “post-political” city. As the introduction of the special issue on Planning / Resistance, this paper takes a different view. It examines the politicizing effects of planning. It argues that planning conceives and implements the orderly city by imposing lines and rules that render certain activities illicit and others licit. This effort to divide good from bad conduct, normal from abnormal behavior, results in excluding people who fail to meet dominant norms. The exclusionary lines of urban planning become specific points that often spark resistances. As some resistances (certainly not all) catch fire, they become political conflagrations of people who feel wronged by the denial of equality. Thus, rather than simply evacuating the city of politics, planning generates small and big political resistances by enacting countless dividing lines in the city

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