How ‘Development’ Promotes Redundant Visions: The Case of the Queen's Wharf Casino Project, Brisbane

IF 0.6 Q4 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
R. Slaughter
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Abstract

Pathways toward ‘overshoot and collapse’ futures are not always or exclusively determined by international trends, national governments, wars and large-scale events. While these gain considerable attention their overall impact is arguably no greater than the constant ‘drip, drip, drip’ of conventional decision-making around more mundane activities that fall under familiar headings like ‘business strategy’, ‘economic growth’ and ‘development’. While cities have master plans and strategic goals most of them evolve within, and are expressed through, a continuous series of commercially inspired projects founded on narrow short-term economic assumptions. They emerge from a typically up-beat, entrepreneurial (profit-oriented) and finance-based worldview that is little short of delusional. As a result, many large-scale projects are poorly conceived and end up working against shared community interests. The central purpose of this paper is to contribute toward a broad re-appraisal of such projects in the hope that future ‘developments’ can be turned toward more consciously proactive and socially responsible ends.
“发展”如何促进冗余愿景:以布里斯班女王码头赌场项目为例
通往“超调和崩溃”未来的道路并不总是或完全由国际趋势、国家政府、战争和大规模事件决定。虽然这些问题获得了相当大的关注,但它们的总体影响可以说并不比围绕着“商业战略”、“经济增长”和“发展”等熟悉标题的日常活动进行的传统决策更大。虽然城市有总体规划和战略目标,但其中大多数都是在狭隘的短期经济假设的基础上,通过一系列连续的商业灵感项目来发展和表达的。他们来自一个典型的乐观、创业(以利润为导向)和以金融为基础的世界观,这种世界观几乎是妄想。因此,许多大型项目构思不佳,最终违背了社区的共同利益。本文的中心目的是对这些项目进行广泛的重新评估,希望未来的“发展”可以转向更有意识的主动和对社会负责的目的。
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Journal of Futures Studies
Journal of Futures Studies REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Futures Studies is a globally-oriented, trans-disciplinary referred journal. Its mission is to develop high-quality, futures-oriented research and thinking based on the evolving knowledge base of Futures Studies. Articles accepted for publication are expected to show an in-depth understanding of the field"s dimensions, content, research perspectives and methods.
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