(DOWNLOAD) "Postcolonial Planning' and Ethno-Racial Diversity in Toronto: Locating Equity in a Contemporary Planning Context (Report)" by Canadian Journal of Urban Research ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Postcolonial Planning' and Ethno-Racial Diversity in Toronto: Locating Equity in a Contemporary Planning Context (Report)
- Author : Canadian Journal of Urban Research
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 244 KB
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Abstract This paper provides a critical perspective of equity in contemporary planning by introducing a postcolonial planning as it is conceived and practiced by the Alternative Planning Group (APG) in Toronto--a cross-cultural collective of social planning organizations representing groups of racialized and immigrant communities in Toronto. Equity is presented through postmodern planning and postcolonial theories as a combination of the political concepts and practices of representation, recognition, and redistribution. The author draws from an empirical study of the APG's postcolonial planning in order to show how challenges and opportunities for equity in planning are manifest in the work of planning practitioners located outside of the professionalized realm, as social planners and as members of racialized and immigrant groups in Toronto. The paper concludes with suggestions for how professional planners and planning educators can take leadership in engaging in more equitable planning practices within and outside the professional planning realm.