Planning As Political Theatre - Chronicle of Two Megaprojects Foretold

This book examines two large and highly controversial urban infill projects in two peripheral European capitals - Tirana and Helsinki - through the lens of dramaturgy and political theatre.

List of contents

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHAPTER 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 2 Play 1: Tirana Rocks
CHAPTER 3 Play 2: Garden Helsinki
CHAPTER 4 Synthesis: Power and money
CHAPTER 5 Conclusion: Undistorting planning
REFERENCES
APPENDICES
INDEX

About the author

Dorina Pojani is Associate Professor of Urban Planning at The University of Queensland, Australia. A native of Albania, she conducts international and comparative research on various aspects of the built environment, including urban design, transport, and housing. She has also authored Trophy Cities: A Feminist Perspective on New Capitals (Edward Elgar, 2021).
Ranja Hautamäki is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Aalto University, Finland. Her research focuses on planning practices, discourses, and conceptions of nature and welfare. Her recent projects on nature-based planning solutions aim to develop practices and tools that tackle climate change, biodiversity, and well-being.

Product details

• Authors: Ranja Hautamäki, Dorina Pojani, Dorina Hautamaki Pojani
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041026143
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4102614-3
• No. of pages: 78
• Series: Routledge Focus on Urban Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, Helsinki, Tirana, Urban & municipal planning, urban economics, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building, Regional / urban economics