Published November 11, 2011
by iris_author
Exclusion, Expulsion and Extraction
2011 Tuesday Lecture Series
The death of planning? A critical look at some current urban governance issues
Date: Tuesday, November 15th, 12:45 – 2pm, HNES 140
MARIANA VALVERDE
Director, Center for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
Presented in Collaboration with the city institute at York University
In her new book, Making law on the street: urban governance and the challenges of diversity, Valverde presents evidence that several urban governance issues, including planning-related community consultations, must recast a critical look at two components of the Jane Jacobs legacy. Only certain communities are empowered through public consultation processes that were create in the 1070s to democratize planning. Large-scale planning encouraged – though not caused – the current tendency to privilege micro-level planning. Valverde argues that it is time to consider new city-wide mechanisms for democratic planning that address geographic; economic and cultural inequalities, and that are forward-looking rather than nostalgic.
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