Polycentricity as spatial imaginary : the case of Helsinki City Plan

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dc.contributorAalto-yliopistofi
dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorGranqvist, Kaisaen_US
dc.contributor.authorSarjamo, Saulien_US
dc.contributor.authorMäntysalo, Raineen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Built Environmenten
dc.contributor.groupauthorPlanning and Transportationen
dc.contributor.organizationWSP Finland Oyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-25T08:53:42Z
dc.date.available2019-02-25T08:53:42Z
dc.date.issued2019-04-03en_US
dc.description.abstractThe paper analyses with a case study the use of a widely applied normative concept of polycentricity as spatial imaginary. The case study of Helsinki City Plan and the conflict over its city-boulevard scheme draws on qualitative content analysis of planning documents and expert interviews. It demonstrates the instrumental role of multiple interpretations of polycentricity in tension-ridden metropolitan and city-regional spatial planning. The conflict reveals how the conceptual ambiguity of polycentricity and the institutional vagueness of city-regional planning have together enabled advancing contradictory political aims under their guise. In conclusion, the paper emphasizes the persuasive performativity and fluidity of polycentricity as a spatial imaginary in multi-scalar planning settings.en
dc.description.versionPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationGranqvist, K, Sarjamo, S & Mäntysalo, R 2019, 'Polycentricity as spatial imaginary : the case of Helsinki City Plan', European Planning Studies, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 739-758. https://doi.org/10.1080/09654313.2019.1569596en
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09654313.2019.1569596en_US
dc.identifier.issn0965-4313
dc.identifier.issn1469-5944
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dc.identifier.urihttps://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/36896
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-201902252053
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEuropean Planning Studiesen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 27, issue 4, pp. 739-758en
dc.rightsopenAccessen
dc.subject.keywordCity regionen_US
dc.subject.keywordsoft governanceen_US
dc.subject.keywordspatial planningen_US
dc.subject.keywordurban structureen_US
dc.titlePolycentricity as spatial imaginary : the case of Helsinki City Planen
dc.typeA1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessäfi
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