The Narrative Turn in Urban Planning Plotting the Helsinki Waterfront

Narratives, in the context of urban planning, matter profoundly. Planning theory and practice have taken an increasing interest in the role and power of narrative, and yet there is no comprehensive study of how narrative, and concepts from narrative and literary theory more broadly, can enrich planning and policy. The Narrative Turn in Urban Planning addresses this gap by defining key concepts such as story, narrative, and plot against a planning backdrop, and by drawing up a functional typology of different planning narratives. In two extended case studies from the planning of the Helsinki waterfront, it applies the narrative concepts and theories to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a more conscious and contextualized future urban planning. Questioning what is meant when we speak of narratives in urban planning, and what typologies we can draw up, it presents a threefold taxonomy of narratives within a planning framework. This book will serve as an important reference text for upper-level students and researchers interested in urban planning.

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Examining Narratives in the Context of Urban planning Narratives Matter Aims Plotting the Waterfront The Helsinki Waterfront, Jätkäsaari and Kalasatama Sources Outline Urban Planning and Narrative: Towards a Theory of Narrative Planning The Narrative Turn in Planning: A Critical Overview Different Kinds of Knowledge Defining Narrative in Planning What Is Not a Story? Narrative for, in and of Planning A Threefold Taxonomy Narratives for Planning Narrative Mapping Mapping the Helsinki Waterfront: A Concise Literary Case Study Narratives in Planning: The Brief Story of the Helsinki Waterfront Planning Maritime Helsinki Narratives of Planning: Telling the Future of the Waterfront Conclusion Emplotting Urban Regeneration: Narrative Strategies in Kalasatama Emplotment as Spatial and Narrative Practice Situating Kalasatama within a Plot Metaphors of Kalasatama: "In the Armpit of the City" Diverging Narratives: Urban Centre or Shopping Mall? "How we live in 2033" A Meshwork of Contradictory Storylines Conclusion Genre and Metaphor in Planning Jätkäsaari Dominant Narratives in Planning in Jätkäsaari Simple Story, Complex Story, and Micro-Narrative Narratives for Planning in Jätkäsaari Jätkäsaari’s Identity Marker: The Hotel Controversy Centre or Periphery? Narratives of Planning in Jätkäsaari A Bildungsroman for a Waterfront Development Planning as Bildungsroman "Man’s Island" or "Women’s City"? Lost Opportunities for Planning with Narrative Park "Good Hope" Sustainable Jätkäsaari Narratives and the Building Block Planning with Diversity? Conclusion Planning with Narrative Narrative Mapping and PPGIS Planning with Polyphony Planning without Closure Planning for Narrative Space Teaching Planning with narrative Conclusion Sources Glossary Index

Lieven Ameel is a university lecturer in comparative literature at Tampere University, Finland. He holds a PhD in Finnish literature and comparative literature from the University of Helsinki and the JLU Giessen and is docent in urban studies and planning methods. He has published widely on literary experiences of the city, narrative planning, and urban futures. His other books include Helsinki in Early Twentieth-Century Literature (2014) and the co-edited volumes Literature and the Peripheral City (2015), Literary Second Cities (2017), and The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (2019).