PLAN300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cultural Diversity
15 Jan 2017
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Davidoff"s article 1965: civil rights movement. Appropriate planning action cannot be prescribed from a position of value neutrality, for prescriptions are based on desire objectives (pg. The welfare of all and the welfare of minorities are both deserving of support; planning must be so structured and so practiced as to account for this unavoidable bifurcation of the public interest (pg. Will improve planning practice: better inform the public about the alternative choices; perspective of proponents, ensure public agency planners are competing with other groups for political support, forces critics to create own plans. Legal influence 2 contending and adversarial viewpoints. Planners to represent the interest of minorities: speak for/represent alternative views, social focus. City planning is about more than just physical planning, it considers the social implications as well. Awareness of equity is benefits and detriments: who gets what, when, where, why, how, harwood article examples. Power is dispersed: material equality, cultural diversity, democratic participation, ecological sustainability.
