Temporary and Tactical Urbanism: (Re)Assembling Urban Space

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Temporary and Tactical Urbanism examines a key set of urban design strategies that have emerged in the twenty-first century. Such projects range from guerrilla gardens and bike lanes to more formalised temporary beaches and swimming pools, parklets, pop-up plazas and buildings and container towns. These practices enable diverse forms of economic, social and artistic life that are usually repressed by the fixities of urban form and its management. This book takes a thematic approach to explore what the scope of this practice is, and understand why it has risen to prominence, how it works, who is involved, and what its implications are for the future of city design and planning. It critically examines the material, social, economic and political complexities that surround and enable these small, ephemeral urban interventions. It identifies their short-term and long-term implications for urban intensity, diversity, creativity and adaptability. The book's insights into temporary and tactical urbanism have particular relevance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has highlighted both the need and the possibility of quickly transforming urban spaces worldwide. They also reveal significant lessons for the long-term planning and design of buildings, landscapes and cities. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Figures Tables Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction Existing Knowledge on t/t urbanism Cataloguing Practice Critiquing t/t urbanism Theorising Cities, Planning and Time Outline of the Book References Chapter One. Definitions The Scope of t/t urbanism Mutability/Mobility Governance/Informality Temporary/Permanent References Chapter Two. Interests Urban Intensity Community Engagement Innovation Resilience Place Identity Researching t/t urbanism On Planning for Uncertainty Assemblage References Chapter Three. Practice Literature and Conceptual Framing The Scope of Existing Practice Definitions Benefits and Impacts Contexts and Models Scope of Actors Collaboration Future Directions Conclusion References Chapter Four. Assemblage Vacant Land Landscaping and Furnishings Human Actors Energy Concepts Austerity What Brings the Beach Together? References Chapter Five. Creativity Creative Production Consumption of Creativity Creative Approaches to Urban Development Creativity Unleashed: Governing Temporary Uses Conclusion References Chapter Six. Temporality Temporary Exemptions Maintaining the Myth of Transience Temporariness as Opportunity Durable but Mutable Assembling New Actors Temporary Uses Seen in Two Temporal Perspectives The Benefits of the Temporary Conclusion References Chapter Seven. Capacities Assemblage and Resilience Thinking Analyzing and Mapping Capacities Spaces of Possibility Expanding Capacities References Chapter Eight. Futures Urban Intensity Community Engagement Innovation Resilience Place Identity Conclusion References Bibliography Index