Neighborhood, City, or Region: Deconstructing Scale in Planning Frames

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" Neighborhood, City, or Region: Deconstructing Scale in Planning Frames "
Lowe, Kate

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	930202
Doc. No	:	LA77w645rx
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Lowe, Kate
Title & Author	:	Neighborhood, City, or Region: Deconstructing Scale in Planning Frames [Article]\ Lowe, Kate
Title of Periodical	:	Berkeley Planning Journal
Volume/ Issue Number	:	24/1
Date	:	2011
Abstract	:	Plans usually try to address problems at a certain scale— neighborhood, city, region, or beyond. The field of planning has not engaged in geography’s extensive debates on scale, perhaps since the relevance to planning has not been apparent. I argue planning should attend to scale, based on the literature that describes frames. Frames powerfully direct attention to some problems and solutions, while overlooking others. I illustrate how scale can be part of planning problem definition and solutions with qualitative analysis of a regional transportation plan from the San Francisco Bay Area. The plan contains two distinct, scaled frames: one addresses mobility and economic vitality at the regional scale and the other concerns itself with accessibility from a neighborhood perspective. I call for critical reflection on the use of scale to help the field of planning see problems and possibilities in new ways.