A master thesis from Aalborg University
DECREASING UNCERTAINTY IN LONG-TERM URBAN DEVELOPMENT
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Term
4. Term
Publication year
2018
Submitted on
2018-06-06
Pages
171 pages
Abstract
This report is a Master Thesis in urban planning concerning the complex situation of planning for long-term urban development. The research conducts a critical case study of the Lisbjerg development in Aarhus Municipality, Denmark, as the small town is scheduled to grow from 800 citizens to 25.000 in the next 65 years. The case is interesting when analysing how planning is to meet goals of sustainability and livability in the future society. These goals are complex concepts that brings uncertainty to the planning process, especially between the authority, the municipality, and the private market, the developer. This relationship is highly relevant at the Lisbjerg development, as the municipality is the landowner and sells to private developers. This report is a research of how Aarhus Municipality is decreasing uncertainty for the developers in the planning process, and in extension of that, the report becomes a research of a changing planning profession. A planning profession that is under change as it tries to adapt to the new complex situation through Strategic Spatial Planning that are Complex Adaptive Systems and a new generation of planning tools that are changing in function and use.
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