Conveners
RT_16 POST-GROWTH, OR THE RETURN TO THE FABULOUS FIFTIES? EVIDENCE OF FUNDAMENTAL CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PLANNING
- Barbara Pizzo (Sapienza Università di Roma)
Federico Savini
(University of Amsterdam),
Jin Xue
(Norwegian University of Life Sciences),
Maria Kaika
(University of Amsterdam),
Angela Barbanente
(Politecnico di Bari),
Antonio Raciti
(Department of Urban Planning and Community Development),
Silvio Cristiano
(Department of Architecture, Università degli Studi di Firenze),
Barbara Pizzo
(Sapienza Università di Roma), Prof.
Zeynep Enlil
(Yıldız Technical University)
10/07/2025, 11:00
RT 16 | Post-Growth, or The Return to the Fabulous Fifties? Evidence of Fundamental Contradictions between Theory and Practice of Planning
Oral
Despite growing recognition of environmental and social challenges requiring a shift from traditional development paradigms, planning tools and practices remain fundamentally growth-oriented, largely unchanged from their mid-20th century features. This contradiction manifests differently across planning traditions and national contexts.
Across Europe, from South to North, we see that in...
