Publisher Description

This book draws on the recent development in deliberative planning theory and decision support systems, the synthesis of which has resulted in an innovative approach to supporting the communicative processes in urban regeneration through unique methodologies. A range of tools and methods are introduced with real-world applications in Japan and elsewhere. This book not only presents a catalogue of available toolkits to practitioners, but also offers new insight into how the theoretical debate on deliberative planning could inform the practice of urban regeneration. It also presents a catalogue of available tools and unique methodologies with real-world applications. The cases are drawn from such fields as community development, urban hazard mitigation, transportation policies, and participatory urban design, both in Japan and elsewhere. Issues are raised in relation to each case, ranging from problem structuring to conflict management and consensus building in typically complex and heterogeneous urban communities. The book is ideal for those researchers and postgraduate students who have an interest in planning support methodologies with the backgrounds of information systems, decision sciences, or other related disciplines, who are interested in planning support methodologies. Practitioners including policy-makers and planners who are seeking an alternative approach to urban regeneration will also benefit from this book by learning from the comparable experience with reflective discussions included on their implications.

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Offers new insight into how the theoretical debate on deliberative planning can inform the practice of urban regeneration

A range of tools and methods are introduced with real-world applications beyond the world

An ideal book for those researchers and postgraduate students who have interest in planning support methodologies, as well as for practitioners

Table of Contents

Preface I. Theories and Methodology of Consensus Building and Conflict Management in Planning 1. Historical Development of Planning Theory and the Public Realm of Planning: Hideki Koizumi 2. Toward the Development of Plan-Making Methodology for Urban Regeneration: Akito Murayama 3. Fundamentals of ''Transportation-Oriented Urban Planning'': Noboru Harata II. Information and Communication Technologies for Collaborative Urban Regeneration 4. Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Urban Regeneration: Masahide Horita, Hideki Koizumi, Rikutaro Manabe, Kazuhisa Sugisaki, Daisuke Nagayama 5. When an Electronic Citizen Forum Works - and When Not: an Organisational Analysis of the Mitaka Master Plan Process: Masahide Horita 6. Technologies in Transportation Planning and Management: Nobuaki Ohmori III. Practices in Collaborative Urban Regenerations 7. The Planned Unit Development Approach in the New Land Use Plan of Manila: Facilitating Community-based Governance in Sustainable Urban Regeneration: Joel R. Oana 8. First Attempt with Participatory Planning: Case of the Komae City Municipal Master Plan: Makiko Takahashi Tanaka 9. The Role of Urban Planning in the Process of Making Livable Cities in Korea: Jae-Gil Park and Young A Lee 10. Mobilizing communities to regenerate deprived urban neighborhoods in Glasgow: Naofumi Suzuki 11. Collaborative Development of Water Environment Quality Index in Japan: Hiroaki Furumai, Futaba Kazama, Hiroshi Nagaoka, and Jun Nakajima

Long Description

In creating urban space, there is always an exchange of dialogue as to what the space currently is and how it ought to exist, by those who live in that place, those who have a stake in its future, and those who sense the need for improvement in its harsh reality. Some of their thoughts materialize in the form of a physical change to the current environment - and urban regene- tion is one such form. This process in which people redefine their living environment and socially reconstruct the meaning and value of a place is all too important in deciding what, if any, change should be introduced in the form of a physical project. Some might argue that this communicative process is indeed the very core or even the definition of urban regeneration rather than a mere condition for instigation. However, it has also been observed that such a communicative process is often difficult to manage, if it happens at all. Social exclusion, power imbalance, conflict, indifference, and lack of c- municative social capital are the usual suspects in collective inaction, but it is also true that they are familiar constituents of any urban life. In some social contexts, little attention has been paid to such complexity.

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Offers new insight into how the theoretical debate on deliberative planning can inform the practice of urban regeneration A range of tools and methods are introduced with real-world applications beyond the world An ideal book for those researchers and postgraduate students who have interest in planning support methodologies, as well as for practitioners

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