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On the Necessity of an Integrated, Participative and Adaptive Approach to Sustainable Urban Environmental Quality Planning
Author(s) -
Stigt Rien,
Driessen Peter,
Spit Tejo
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
environmental policy and governance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1756-9338
pISSN - 1756-932X
DOI - 10.1002/eet.1759
Subject(s) - quality (philosophy) , urban planning , environmental quality , environmental planning , perspective (graphical) , face (sociological concept) , action (physics) , environmental resource management , management science , sociology , computer science , political science , geography , engineering , civil engineering , environmental science , social science , artificial intelligence , epistemology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Based on a review of recent literature, this paper addresses the question of how urban planners can steer urban environmental quality, given the fact that it is multidimensional in character, is assessed largely in subjective terms and varies across time. A novel perspective of urban environmental quality is proposed, simultaneously exploring three questions that are at the core of planning and designing cities: ‘quality of what?’, ‘quality for whom?’ and ‘quality at what time?’. The dilemmas that urban planners face in answering these questions are illustrated using secondary material. This approach provides perspectives for action. Rather than further detailing the exact nature of urban quality, it calls for sustainable urban environmental quality planning that is integrated, participative and adaptive. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment