Does Sustainable Development Offer a New Direction for Planning? Challenges for the Twenty-First Century
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Planning Literature
- Vol. 17 (1) , 21-36
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088122017001002
Abstract
The practice and scholarship of planning has shifted from physical design to process. Process emphasizes diversity, openness, and consensus but is not fully equipped to offer a shared vision in political arenas dominated by fragmentation and conflict. Newurbanism has revived the idea that planning is about physical design, but this concept does not fully embrace a holistic vision of community building. This article explains howsustainable development extends the positive attributes of the first two approaches and offers a multigenerational vision of community building. This vision integrates multiple societal values and enhances local imagination, understanding, and commitment to defining solutions for the common good.Keywords
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