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Design governance: theorizing an urban design sub-field

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This paper introduces and theorizes the practices of design governance: the process of state-sanctioned intervention in the means and processes of designing the built environment in order to shape both processes and outcomes in a defined public interest. The paper is in three parts. The first briefly addresses ‘why’ the public sector should seek to intervene in design, in other words the motivations behind design governance. The second and third parts address respectively the ‘what’ and ‘how’ questions; what is design governance and how does it occur? They do this by dissecting the concept and investigating a number of recurring debates in the literature that reveal key conceptual threads and problematics running through these practices. The result, and the key contribution of this paper, is a new set of concepts through which to understand the governance of design as a distinct and important sub-field of urban design.

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  • Matthew Carmona, 2016. "Design governance: theorizing an urban design sub-field," Journal of Urban Design, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 705-730, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cjudxx:v:21:y:2016:i:6:p:705-730
    DOI: 10.1080/13574809.2016.1234337
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    1. Hamed Palangi & Alireza Jozpirry, 2021. "Explaining the components of improving the physical and functional quality of the Culture and Arts Center to meet human social needs and promote social interactions," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 18(1), pages 676-696, April.
    2. Robert Richardson, 2024. "Conceptualising ‘street-level’ urban design governance in Scotland," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 61(7), pages 1230-1247, May.

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