Planning, Property, and Political Logics of Development Compared

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ID7161978
AuthorsNicholas A Phelps (0000-0001-8407-9788, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume91
Issue1
Pages144-156
Publication date2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Planning Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0194-4363 • E-ISSN: 1939-0130
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01944363.2024.2325036
OpenAlexW4394746133
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited73

Problem, research strategy, and findingsI used an interpretive review of Global North liberal market literature to construct an analytical framework that speaks to the different applied logics of planning, property development, and politics. On closer inspection, the competition among these logics generates several different styles of—and outcomes from—planning. The framework decenters urban planning practice within processes of placemaking. It suggests that, in addition to negotiation and leadership, imagination, creativity, and entrepreneurship can usefully feature more in urban planning education and practice.Takeaway for practicePlanning educators and practitioners should resist the temptation to reduce urban planning to project management. Practice increasingly may be exposed to the immediacy of digital social media and pressure-group politics. The education and training of planners should incorporate a greater appreciation of the logic of property development and the skills needed to negotiate with developers and persuade politicians as well as greater use of imagination, creativity, and entrepreneurship

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