Systemic constellations in spatial planning processes : A method to visualise questions of power and cultural peculiarities?
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Date
2016
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AESOP
Abstract
Coming from a systemic point of view, systemic constellations focus on the complex interplay of different elements in order to come to a better understanding of the whole system. Spatial planning, which involves complex decision-making in an uncertain environment, is eventually able to profit from such a different methodology. In this context, the aim of the article is to implement systemic constellations as method for spatial research in two different ways: first, to visualise questions of power in planning processes, and, second, to visualise cultural influences in planning processes. The article concludes that the method of systemic constellations serves to visualise questions of power and is able to highlight important differences at a glance, even though this method does not meet all of the scientific requirements academia asks for. The specific contribution is that this method will be able to enrich the dialogue between theory and practice for a daily use, to make complex problems clearly visible and easier to handle.
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plaNext-Next Generation Planning Vol. 3 (2016): Questioning planning, connecting places and times, page 67-81
Keywords
spatial planning, interactions, systemic constellations, questions of power, planning culture
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CC BY 4.0