Translating ‘New Compactism’, circulation of knowledge and local mutations: Copenhagen’s Sydhavn as a case study

IF 1.7 Q4 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING

International Planning Studies Pub Date : 2021-09-27 DOI:10.1080/13563475.2021.1979943

M. Adelfio, Ulises Navarro Aguiar, Christian Fertner, E. Brandao

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The international circulation of urban design concepts often leads to their characterization as transferable ideals defined by a set of universalized ‘best practices’ that are simply implemented in new localities, as is typical of top-down approaches to planning. Recently, the compact city and New Urbanism have become trendy concepts informing the development of urban projects across geographies. This research draws on ANT sensitivities and policy mobilities studies to examine the regeneration of Copenhagen’s Southern Harbour (Sydhavn) wherein the compact city and New Urbanism ideals, together with a declared inspiration from Dutch architecture, were originally incorporated in the masterplan. Through the analysis of documents and semi-structured interviews, the paper illustrates how these ideals – merged as 'New Compactism' – were mobilized and re-intepreted by local actors in Sydhavn. It thus adds to our understanding of how the circulation of such ideals is not a matter of implementation, but a complex social process of translation that entails struggle and transformation.

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翻译“新契约主义”、知识流通和地方突变:以哥本哈根的西德芬为例

城市设计概念的国际流通往往导致它们被描述为可转移的理想，这些理想由一套普遍的“最佳实践”定义，这些最佳实践在新的地方简单地实施，这是典型的自上而下的规划方法。最近，紧凑型城市和新城市主义已经成为跨地域城市项目发展的时髦概念。这项研究借鉴了ANT的敏感性和政策流动性研究，以研究哥本哈根南部港口(Sydhavn)的再生，其中紧凑的城市和新城市主义理想，以及来自荷兰建筑的公开灵感，最初被纳入总体规划。通过对文献和半结构化访谈的分析，本文阐述了这些被合并为“新契约主义”的理想是如何被悉尼当地行动者动员和重新诠释的。因此，它增加了我们对这些理想的流通如何不是一个执行问题的理解，而是一个复杂的翻译的社会过程，需要斗争和转变。

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International Planning Studies REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-

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