The deep roots of austere planning in Memphis, TN: is the fox guarding the hen house?

IF 1.7 Q4 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
Laura Saija, C. Santo, Antonio Raciti
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Abstract

ABSTRACT US cities operate amid a longstanding notion that excessive government impedes prosperity. Here post–recession austerity did not trigger new retrenchment, but instead exacerbated an existing vacuum of the public. In cities like Memphis, institutional or community–led planning cannot confront austerity by going back to something it was before the recession. Instead, genuine public planning must be invented ex novo, exploring why planning agencies have not truly been able to act for the benefit of all. The recent launch of Memphis' first city–led comprehensive planning effort in decades provides an opportunity for reflection. This article examines whether a new emphasis on planning in Memphis represents a positive disruption of the status quo or a merely a disguised continuation of growth–machine motives. The findings argue for the need to work on the small signs of authentic interest in public planning as a starting point for new anti–austere courses of action.
田纳西州孟菲斯市严格规划的深层根源:是狐狸在看守鸡舍吗?
长期以来,美国的城市都有一个观念,即过度的政府会阻碍繁荣。在这里,经济衰退后的紧缩并没有引发新的紧缩,反而加剧了现有的公众真空。在孟菲斯这样的城市,机构或社区主导的规划无法通过回到衰退前的状态来应对紧缩。相反,真正的公共规划必须从头开始,探索为什么规划机构没有真正能够为所有人的利益而行动。孟菲斯最近启动了几十年来首个城市主导的综合规划工作,这为反思提供了机会。本文考察了孟菲斯对规划的新强调是否代表了对现状的积极破坏,或者仅仅是增长机器动机的伪装延续。研究结果表明,需要在公共规划中真正感兴趣的小迹象上开展工作,以此作为新的反紧缩行动的起点。
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International Planning Studies
International Planning Studies REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-
CiteScore
4.60
自引率
4.80%
发文量
20
期刊介绍: Planning, at urban, regional, national and international levels, faces new challenges, notably those related to the growth of globalisation as both an objective socio-economic process and a shift in policy-maker perceptions and modes of analysis. International Planning Studies (IPS) addresses these issues by publishing quality research in a variety of specific fields and from a range of theoretical and normative perspectives, which helps improve understanding of the actual and potential role of planning and planners in this context.
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