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The (Re)Making of Polycentricity in China's Planning Discourse: The Case of Tianjin
- Source :
- International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 44:857-875
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- Polycentricity is promoted as an ideal urban form to achieve sustainable and balanced development, and it has been widely adopted by planners in China, especially in large cities. However, the rhetoric about polycentricity has rarely been interrogated in planning research in terms of scales, contextuality, power and rationality. To fill this gap, we carried out a Foucauldian discourse analysis in our research to interpret the nature of polycentric practice in City Master Plans, using Tianjin as a case study. Through an analysis of how the discourse of polycentricity is being deployed in planning documents, we develop two principal arguments in this article. First, the conceptual substance of polycentricity evolved alongside the urban transition process in China, and its discursive practice involved multiple scales and spatial elements. Secondly, rather than being mere technocratic practice, the production and legitimation of distinct discourses of polycentricity is an articulation of multi-scalar power involving various stakeholders, which is disguised and justified by the planning profession.
- Subjects :
- Sociology and Political Science
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05 social sciences
0211 other engineering and technologies
0507 social and economic geography
021107 urban & regional planning
Rationality
02 engineering and technology
Technocracy
Development
Making-of
Urban Studies
Legitimation
Rhetoric
Regional science
Polycentricity
Sociology
050703 geography
Foucauldian discourse analysis
Articulation (sociology)
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Details
- ISSN :
- 14682427 and 03091317
- Volume :
- 44
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........81839d5bea3b6133969fd79d67bf4625