The Narrative Turn in Urban Planning

In two extended case studies from the planning of the Helsinki waterfront, this book applies the narrative concepts and theories to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a more conscious and contextualised future urban planning.

Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly. Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary theory more broadly, can enrich planning and policy. *The Narrative Turn in Urban Planning* addresses this gap by defining key concepts such as story, narrative, and plot against a planning backdrop, and by drawing up a functional typology of different planning narratives. In two extended case studies from the planning of the Helsinki waterfront, it applies the narrative concepts and theories to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a more conscious and contextualized future urban planning. Questioning what is meant when we speak of narratives in urban planning, and what typologies we can draw up, it presents a threefold taxonomy of narratives within a planning framework.

This book will serve as an important reference text for upper-level students and researchers interested in urban planning.

Autorentext

Lieven Ameel is a university lecturer in comparative literature at Tampere University, Finland. He holds a PhD in Finnish literature and comparative literature from the University of Helsinki and the JLU Giessen and is docent in urban studies and planning methods. He has published widely on literary experiences of the city, narrative planning, and urban futures. His other books include Helsinki in Early Twentieth-Century Literature (2014) and the co-edited volumes Literature and the Peripheral City (2015), Literary Second Cities (2017), and The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (2019).

Inhalt

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction: Examining Narratives in the Context of Urban planning
   Narratives Matter

   Aims

   Plotting the Waterfront

   The Helsinki Waterfront, Jätkäsaari and Kalasatama

   Sources

   Outline

2. Urban Planning and Narrative: Towards a Theory of Narrative Planning **** The Narrative Turn in Planning: A Critical Overview

   Different Kinds of Knowledge

   Defining Narrative in Planning

   What Is Not a Story? ****

3. Narrative for, in and of Planning
   A Threefold Taxonomy

   Narratives for Planning

   Narrative Mapping

   Mapping the Helsinki Waterfront: A Concise Literary Case Study

   Narratives in Planning: The Brief Story of the Helsinki Waterfront

   Planning Maritime Helsinki

   Narratives of Planning: Telling the Future of the Waterfront

   Conclusion ****

4. Emplotting Urban Regeneration: Narrative Strategies in Kalasatama
   Emplotment as Spatial and Narrative Practice

   Situating Kalasatama within a Plot

   Metaphors of Kalasatama: "In the Armpit of the City"

   Diverging Narratives: Urban Centre or Shopping Mall?

   "How we live in 2033"

   A Meshwork of Contradictory Storylines

   Conclusion ****

5. Genre and Metaphor in Planning Jätkäsaari
   Dominant Narratives in Planning in Jätkäsaari

   Simple Story, Complex Story, and Micro-Narrative

   Narratives for Planning in Jätkäsaari

   Jätkäsaari s Identity Marker: The Hotel Controversy

   Centre or Periphery?

   Narratives of Planning in Jätkäsaari

   A Bildungsroman for a Waterfront Development

   Planning as Bildungsroman

   "Man s Island" or "Women s City"?

   Lost Opportunities for Planning with Narrative

   Park "Good Hope"

   Sustainable Jätkäsaari

   Narratives and the Building Block

   Planning with Diversity?

   Conclusion

6. Planning with Narrative
   Narrative Mapping and PPGIS

   Planning with Polyphony

   Planning without Closure

   Planning for Narrative Space

   Teaching Planning with narrative **** Conclusion

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Glossary

Index