10.25316/IR-180
Young, Raymond
The Tao of smart growth: (The way that can be named is not the way)
Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
2001
City planning--Methodology
Planners--Practice
Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
2017-11-29
2017-11-29
2001
en
Article
Young, R. (2001). The Tao of smart growth: (The way that can be named is not the way). Plan Canada, 41(4), 29-31.
0032-0544
DOI: 10.25316/IR-180
http://hdl.handle.net/10613/5216
10.25316/IR-180
All professions are prone to fads and fashionable trends. Planning is no exception. "Smart growth" is attractive because it asks no questions, provides all the answers, and invites no critical thought. It's entirely packaged: all we have to do is unwrap it and wonder at its truth. Planners have a duty to break smart growth rhetoric down to its components- to think about them, test them, and make judgements about what works and what doesn't. To do less is to turn professional practice into a series of checklists, and planners into technicians.
Toute profession est sujette aux engouements et aux tendances à la mode. L'urbanisme ne fait pas exception. Le thème de la «croissance rationnelle» a tout pour plaire : il ne génère pas de question, il offre des solutions et élude la réflexion. Il est pré-emballé. Le paquet défait, il ne reste qu'a s'émerveiller. L'urbaniste doit analyser chaque composante du concept, y réfléchir, la mettre à l'épreuve, et identifier les éléments valables. Autrement la profession ne devient qu'un tableau récapitulatif et l'urbaniste n'est plus qu'un technicien.
Abstract in English and French; text in English
https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5216/Article009.pdf?sequence=3