As a holistic approach to urban development through culture, just cultural planning presents an opportunity to urban planners for the creation of equitable urban societies. This study investigated...Show moreAs a holistic approach to urban development through culture, just cultural planning presents an opportunity to urban planners for the creation of equitable urban societies. This study investigated the programme theme of the city of Budweis, Czechia for its European Capital of Culture bid, viewed through a just cultural planning lens. Using the concept of “(perma)culture”, the city envisions a sustainable environment in line with the principles of permaculture. Four main discourses of permaculture were identified through a critical discourse analysis investigating a mix of textual documents and interviews with the planners and a permaculture practitioner. The umbrella discourse of sustainability was operationalized in Budweis by employing narrative instruments of permaculture as care and as an innovative design practice. Permaculture as a community of practice surfaced as an important narrative tool helping to embed the novel concept in the institutional environment of Budweis. Hence, it was demonstrated that permaculture discourses can help in conducting just cultural planning.Show less
The aim of this research is to investigate how health was fostered by urban planners after the Second World War in the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Firstly, this thesis will discuss the...Show moreThe aim of this research is to investigate how health was fostered by urban planners after the Second World War in the cities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Firstly, this thesis will discuss the literature review that tackles urban health, the concept of health in the twentieth century, and postwar urban planning. This will be followed by a framework from secondary literature mentioned in the literature review on urban health and urban planning initiatives that impact health positively. This framework is used to analyse primary sources of postwar urban planning. The results indicated that postwar urban planners developed urban areas mostly to prevent infectious diseases and aimed for the creation of lively neighbourhoods through leisure. However, the spatial environment that was created unintentionally prospered health in different manners through the lens of the current perception of urban health.Show less
