Narrative in Urban Planning

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A Practical Field Guide

By Barbara Buchenau and Jens Martin Gurr and Lieven Ameel

Series: Urban Studies

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Narrative in Urban Planning is a practical field guide that equips planners with the knowledge to employ narrative approaches responsibly. Drawing on extensive experience in both literary scholarship and planning practice, the authors elucidate key concepts of narrative research tailored to urban development. The book explores how narratives can be coherent, persuasive, and necessary, yet also dangerous if manipulative or divisive. It offers insights on leveraging stories to foster sustainable, resilient, and inclusive communities.
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Essential reading for urban planners, scholars, and policymakers interested in narrative methods to enhance community development and inclusivity.

A field guide for planners on how to use narrative approaches in their practice to build sustainable, resilient, and inclusive communities.

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What do planners need to know in order to use narrative approaches responsibly in their practice? This practical field guide makes insights from narrative research accessible to planners through a glossary of key concepts in the field of narrative in planning.

What makes narratives coherent, probable, persuasive, even necessary - but also potentially harmful, manipulative and divisive? How can narratives help to build more sustainable, resilient, and inclusive communities?

The authors are literary scholars who have extensive experience in planning practice, training planning scholars and practitioners or advising municipalities on how to harness the power of stories in urban development.

Narrative in Urban Planning is an essential resource for those looking to integrate the power of storytelling into urban development practices.

Series: Urban Studies

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This book was reviewed on Helsinki University Blogs on 17 April 2023, highlighting its relevance in combining literary theory with practical urban planning.

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ISBN: 9783837666175

Publisher: Transcript Verlag

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 March 2023

Country: Germany

Imprint: Transcript Verlag

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 14.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 227g

Pages: 146

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Barbara Buchenau Education & Reference Jens Martin Gurr Lieven Ameel Non-Fiction Series: Urban Studies

About the Author

Jens Martin Gurr, geb. 1974, ist Professor für britische und englischsprachige Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. Er ist Mitbegründer und Sprecher des Kompetenzfeldes Metropolenforschung in der Universitätsallianz Ruhr (KoMet). Zu seinen Forschungsschwerpunkten gehören Literarische Stadtforschung, Theorien und Methoden der Stadt- und Metropolenforschung, Modelltheorie, Literatur und Klimawandel sowie die britische Literatur des 17. bis 21. Jahrhunderts und die zeitgenössische US-Literatur.

Narrative in Urban Planning