Soft Spaces as a Traveling Planning Idea: Uncovering the Origin and Development of an Academic Concept on the Rise

Title

Soft Spaces as a Traveling Planning Idea: Uncovering the Origin and Development of an Academic Concept on the Rise

 Author

Purkarthofer, E. (TU Delft Spatial Planning and Strategy) ORCID 0000-0002-9038-8285
Granqvist, Kaisa (Aalto University)

Date

2021

 Abstract

This article analyses the academic concept of “soft spaces” from the perspective of traveling planning ideas. The concept has its origin in the United Kingdom but has also been used in other contexts. Within European Union policy-making, the term soft planning has emerged to describe the processes of cooperation and learning with an unclear relation to planning. In the Nordic countries, soft spaces are viewed as entangled with the logics of statutory planning, posing challenges for policy delivery and regulatory planning systems. This article highlights the conceptual evolution of soft spaces, specifically acknowledging contextual influences and the changing relation with statutory planning.

 Subject

European spatial planning
Nordic countries
United Kingdom
circuits of knowledge
city region
governance
planning theory
relational space
soft space
strategic planning

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 DOI

https://doi.org/10.1177/0885412221992287

 ISSN

0885-4122

 Source

Journal of Planning Literature, 36 (3), 312-327

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Institutional Repository

 Document type

journal article

 Rights

© 2021 E. Purkarthofer, Kaisa Granqvist
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