Meaning Making in Planning: Theorising ‘Policy Entitlement’ in the Emergence of Green Infrastructure Planning...

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Mick Lennon

Meaning Making in Planning

Theorising ‘Policy Entitlement’ in the Emergence of Green Infrastructure Planning in Ireland...

Mick Lennon

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English

Routledge
14 April 2025

Interdisciplinary studies; Politics & government; Urban & municipal planning; Civil engineering, surveying & building

Planning theorists normally focus on issues of contest and critique. The field of planning theory is thereby replete with studies of conflict, collaboration and criticism. Considerably less critical attention is afforded to policy approaches that emerge, evolve and are widely adopted in the apparent absence of discord. This book addresses this knowledge gap.

A case study of the emergence of green infrastructure policy in Ireland is used to both inform and illustrate a theory of ‘Policy Entitlement’. This interpretive approach focuses on meaning making in context to explain the counter-intuitive processes through which a new policy concept can emerge and reprofile planning activities by producing the seemingly pre-existing objective reality to which such policy is then applied and the discipline (re)orientated. This approach accounts for how a new planning concept can appear to resolve problematic policy ambiguity by suspending disagreement on issues where dispute could be expected.

This book will be of interest to those studying planning theory and the policy process, as well as those concerned with the undertheorized but swift rise to prominence of green infrastructure planning.

By: Mick Lennon
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781032537863
ISBN 10: 1032537868
Pages: 146
Publication Date: 14 April 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chapter 1 Interpreting Policy Discourses Chapter 2 Case Study Summary Chapter 3 Narrative Production Chapter 4 Naming Attributes & Effects Chapter 5 Rationality Resonance Chapter 6 Narrative Modality Chapter 7 Policy Entitlement

Mick Lennon is Associate Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at University College Dublin, Ireland. His work focuses on the intersections between planning and environmental policy, with a particular emphasis on using novel theoretical approaches to cultivate resilience in the context of social and environmental transitions. Mick was a practicing town planner for several years prior to entering academia. He is author of Planning for the Common Good published by Routledge in 2022.