The Evaluation of Findings and Future of Resilience Thinking in Planning

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Abstract

The mission of the planner has never been as frustrating as it is today. While planning practice is littered with such terms as democratisation, participation and collaborative decision making, most planners have strong doubts as to whether they are fulfilling their primary mission, that is, to prepare cities for the future. Their role today has rather become one of solving daily problems to satisfy the interests of the dominant actors in the urban system.

Keywords

Adaptive Capacity Public Investment Urban System Urban Form Planning Practice 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of City and Regional Planning, Faculty of ArchitectureMiddle East Technical UniversityAnkaraTurkey
  2. 2.OTB Research Institute for the Built EnvironmentDelft University of TechnologyDelftThe Netherlands

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