PEM Research Seminar: SPATIAL PLANNING, HARD WORKING AND/OR SOFT NETWORKING
| Dates: | 8 November 2016 |
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| Times: | 17:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Environment, Education and Development |
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| Speaker: | Prof R. Mantysalo, Dr V. Kanninen |
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This seminar looks at ‘redefining planning’, with work in progress in Finland. The context is the Nordics and EU experience, and the large new urbanization research project ‘Beyond Inter-sectorial Coordination in Finnish Urban Regions’ - www.bemine.fi. There are three parts to this story:
• How to link between ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ spaces and planning systems: i.e. formal spatial units and regulations – versus – informal networks / activity systems and collaborative partnerships:
• How to manage citizen participation, where ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ spaces and planning systems coexist, and overlap in ambiguous ways, with issues of legitimacy and representation?
• How to incorporate both ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ forms of planning in strategic spatial planning, for city-regions and regions?
All this will highlight very topical questions for the UK context of devolution and deregulation, and the new agenda for city-regions. Connecting ‘hard and soft’ could bring valuable lessons in managing large infrastructure, area regeneration and neighbourhood social innovation.
The session will be introduced by Joe Ravetz, a UK member of the ‘Beyond’ research consortium (sponsored by the Academy of Finland). The project is hosted by CURE (Collaboratory for Urban Resilience & Energy), and part of the Manchester Urban Institute.
Speakers
Prof R. Mantysalo
Organisation: Aalto University
Dr V. Kanninen
Organisation: Aalto University
Travel and Contact Information
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1.69/70
Humanities Bridgeford Street
Manchester
