Temporary urbanism as a new policy strategy: a contemporary panacea or a trojan horse?

Over the last two decades, temporary uses of space are spreading in Europe as a new policy tool to recover vacant areas. The theoretical debate is divided between the promoters of these new forms of tailor-made urbanism and the detractors, who argue that temporary urbanism is increasingly subject to...

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Published inInternational planning studies Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 370 - 386
Main Authors Bragaglia, Francesca, Rossignolo, Cristiana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.10.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Access
Housing
Neoliberalism
Social integration
Temporary urbanism
Urban planning
urban policies
Urban policy
urban regeneration
Urbanism
vacancy
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Summary:Over the last two decades, temporary uses of space are spreading in Europe as a new policy tool to recover vacant areas. The theoretical debate is divided between the promoters of these new forms of tailor-made urbanism and the detractors, who argue that temporary urbanism is increasingly subject to profit logic as an urban policy strategy. Through two French case studies (The 'Grands Voisins' in Paris and the 'Transfer Project' in Nantes), the article discusses the characteristics of temporary urban planning and its intrinsic tension between a contemporary panacea and a trojan horse. Can the 'temporary city' be a partial response to the issues of social inclusion, housing, and equal accessibility to spaces and amenities, which the contemporary city seems to fail in? Or is temporary urbanism just an alibi for administrations and local leaders to continue perpetrating neoliberal policies?
ISSN:1356-3475
1469-9265
DOI:10.1080/13563475.2021.1882963