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The Role of Transparency in Urban Planning Processes

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Starting with the observation that the significance of transparency for urban and regional development has been increasing steadily over the past years, the chapter focuses on several crucial aspects dealing with the role of transparency within the context of the interplay of formal and informal planning processes. The authors explore the meaning of transparency as a reaction to conflicts over urban planning, the role of participation and protest as enforcers of transparency as well as the influence of digitalization on transparency. They argue that enhancing transparency is an important factor for strengthening the acceptance of development and planning projects and a necessary precondition for far-reaching and effective participation. Translation from the German (including all direct quotes) by Vivian Strotmann, Institute for Social Movements and University Library, Ruhr University Bochum.

Translation from the German (including all direct quotes) by Vivian Strotmann, Institute for Social Movements and University Library, Ruhr University Bochum

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  1. Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Jan Polívka

  2. Department of Spatial Planning and Urban Design, ILS Research Institute for Urban and Regional Development, Dortmund, Germany

    Jan Polívka

  3. Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Urban Design and Institute for Urban Design and European Urbanism, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Christa Reicher

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  1. Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Stefan Berger

  2. Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Dimitrij Owetschkin

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Polívka, J., Reicher, C. (2019). The Role of Transparency in Urban Planning Processes. In: Berger, S., Owetschkin, D. (eds) Contested Transparencies, Social Movements and the Public Sphere. Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23949-7_11

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