Narrative Approaches for Twenty-First-Century Planning

Lieven Ameel

doi:10.4324/9781003402855-6

Narrative Approaches for Twenty-First-Century Planning

Lieven Ameel^*

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History, Philosophy and Literary Studies

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Abstract

This chapter considers planning as rhetorical activity, in which competing voices and storylines come together in ways that transpose narratives into the material urban environment. Drawing on narrative and literary theory, it looks at the implications of a rhetorical understanding of planning for future planning practices and proposes polyphony and open-ended storytelling as two productive approaches. This chapter examines one longer illustrative case study from recent planning in Antwerp, Belgium.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Critical Planning Futures
Subtitle of host publication	New Directions in Planning Theory
Editors	Philip Allmendinger, Mark Tewdwr-Jones, Matthew Wargent
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	83-103
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040355619
ISBN (Print)	9781032515687
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003402855-6
Publication status	Published - 2025
Publication type	A3 Book chapter

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General Engineering
General Arts and Humanities
General Social Sciences
General Environmental Science

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