Political mission of urban planning: reconciling conflicting development goals

Abstract

In the polemic of urban planning discussions, the problems of the incompleteness of the theoretical basis and the unreliability of the proposed guidelines for solving real-world problems have long been discussed. Therefore, without consistent guidelines, planners are forced to rely on intuition and common sense in often contradictory directions of chois. In addition, the picture of development context is much more complicated due to the ever-increasing uncertainty of outlook and the growing momentum of environmental and economic challenges. Today, the task of improving the methodology for predicting changes in human settlements and their impact on local and global ecosystems is particularly acute. Assessing potential short- and long-term social impacts requires the deployment of large-scale studies to quickly present and compare predicted results. This will allow to assess the impact of urban growth on the evolution of ecosystems. Since little attention is paid to macro-regional forecasting issues, there are no proper assessments of the social consequences of planned decisions. In the political discourse of professional societies and institutions, many of these issues are also remain unaddressed.