Infrastructure Planning: in a State of Panic?

Infrastructure is routinely framed in contemporary urban policy as a vehicle to grow the economy through the creation of jobs. In periods of economic downturn and when ongoing fiscal uncertainty ensues, governments may look to the construction and maintenance of social and public infrastructure such...

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Published in:Urban policy and research 2017-01, Vol.35 (1), p.61-73
Main Author: Legacy, Crystal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Australia
Beneficiaries
Canada
Cities
Economic recovery
Housing authorities
Implementation
Infrastructure
Prioritizing
Program implementation
Public housing
Public transportation
Public works
Strategic planning
Uncertainty
urban governance
Urban planning
Urban policy
urban politics
Urgency
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Summary:Infrastructure is routinely framed in contemporary urban policy as a vehicle to grow the economy through the creation of jobs. In periods of economic downturn and when ongoing fiscal uncertainty ensues, governments may look to the construction and maintenance of social and public infrastructure such as social housing and public transport. Cities and communities that have endured infrastructure deficits in the past may become the beneficiaries of adjusted national and state-level policy to support economic prosperity through expedient infrastructure implementation programs. Yet in the post-GFC policy environment urban infrastructure has recentred the role of infrastructure in driving urban economic recovery in terms of economic prosperity. Drawing from the state of exception literature, I call on the notion of urgency to explore infrastructure planning as it manifests at the juncture between strategic planning and implementation. This paper will contribute to the critical urban planning literature by examining how infrastructure prioritisation and implementation is shaped through a characterisation of urgency which subverts the relationship between urban infrastructure planning, implementation and planning process.
ISSN:0811-1146
1476-7244
DOI:10.1080/08111146.2016.1235033