The city and its region or the region and its city?
Abstract
An explicitly critical perspective of the
Conference theme is used to inform an exploration
of the contemporary city-region planning
challenge and to argue for an alternative
operative philosophy to the current centre-periphery
dichotomy framework that has made
it natural to think about the city and its region,
rather than the other way around. A paradigm
shift is proposed, based on a new operative philosophy - the territory/function dialectic,
whereby city-region planning is reframed as an
exercise in mediating territorial autonomies and
functional interdependencies. Making such a
shift is expected to entail planners learning new
roles such as eco-citistate "placemakers," "agent
collaborateurs," "common market-eers," and
"cosmopolitan convivants." L'auteur adopte une perspective
explicitement critique du thème du congrès
pour éclairer I'examen du défi urbanistique
contemporain de la ville-région et pour
appuyer une nouvelle philosophie
fonctionnelle du cadre de la dichotomie
centre-périphérie actuelle qui montre
comment il est naturel d'envisager « la ville
et sa région », plutôt que l'inverse. Il propose
un changement de paradigme, fondé sur une
nouvelle philosophie fonctionnelle - la
dialectique territoire-fonction, où
l'aménagement de la ville-région est
réorganisé à titre d'exercice de médiation des
autonomies territoriales et des
interdépendances fonctionnelles. Ce
changement obligera les urbanistes à
apprendre de nouveaux rôles, notamment
ceux de « concepteur éco-urbain », « d'agent
collaborateur », « d'européiste » et de
« convivant cosmopolite ».
Identifier (Other)
DOI: 10.25316/IR-1534Collections
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