The Communicative Planning in The Context of Post Political City
Academic Paper
Inclusive development that shape the livelihood of many urbans residents is always been questioned by policy makers, urban planners and social movements activists, the urban planning process and systems and governance approaches are the formal city mechanism in which we can examine how cities are taking the role of addressing urban challenges. In this short essay, I will examine the strength impacts of communicative planning in the context of post political cities which are ruled by consensual techno managerial neoliberal governance. In order to examine the role of communicative planning in addressing the urban planning challenges within the post political cities, it will become necessary to understand the evolving of post political cities as a consequence of global financial powers movements, free trades and free markets international agreements. As well, addressing the main policy powers that accrued in the post political neoliberal cities and its implications towards urban challenges would create an opportunities to identify the social struggles, conflicts and the missing gabs in achieving inclusive development for the entire community sectors. The governance approach in the modern neoliberal cities is one of the main contexts of how officials and policy makers are playing their role in urban planning process. Some see that the consensual techno managerial governance approach is a façade of economic powers; others see that consensual managerial governance have to be shifted to more deliberative process to achieve sustainable development. However, the consensual managerial governance tends to question the moral values in achieving sustainable development; in many cases the economic interests of investors were in fact dominate other social environmental interests. As well, in many cases, the local communities sectors are excluded from the process of planning systems represented in the techno managerial governance context whether it runs by statuary regulation force or a more discretionary regulations. It’s necessary then, to examine the impact of communicative planning process to the planning process taken by techno managerial governance approach. Communicative planning can be established in multi-scales contexts, whether within neighbourhood and city zoon, or within local and national level. However, creating a proper communicative planning approach required addressing the threads and opportunities that may face implementing such approaches. It’s necessary to end up with brought macro and micro examples from different point of views. On one hand, from policy makers, officials and other urban actors associated with the government’s points of view. And on the other hand, from citizen groups and movements points of view, whether in they are initiative groups or struggling groups. So as to deepen the understanding of social forces and gaps that affect implementing sustainable developments for the sake of social welfare.
KHALAFALLA OMER 