Queerying Planning: Challenging Heteronormative Assumptions and Reframing Planning Practice

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Petra L. Doan

Queerying Planning

Challenging Heteronormative Assumptions and Reframing Planning Practice

Petra L. Doan

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Routledge
20 September 2011

Gender studies, gender groups; Gay & Lesbian studies; Human geography; Regional & area planning; Urban & municipal planning

Current planning practices have largely neglected the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community for safe urban spaces in which to live, work, and play. This volume fills the gap in the literature on the planning and development of queer spaces, and highlights some of the resistance within the planning profession to incorporate gay and lesbian concerns into the planning mainstream. Planning lags behind other disciplines concerned with queer urban issues. In contrast, the field of geography has developed a rich sub-specialty in the geographies of sex and gender that examines spaces and the variety of non-heteronormative populations that inhabit them. This volume brings together both planners and geographers with experience in planning to examine some of the fundamental assumptions of urban planning as they relate to the LGBT community.

The first few chapters are substantial revisions and expansions of earlier influential work on planning for non-conformist populations and the preservation of LGBT neighborhoods. Subsequent chapters comprise original contributions that draw on the rich literature from queer theory, planning theory and the geography of sexualities to explore the ways that nonconformist populations struggle with heteronormative expectations embedded in planning theory and procedures. These chapters consider the intersection of planning and a range of populations including transgendered and gender variant individuals. Subsequent chapters examine the ways that variations in the scale of urban and regional governance influence local politics around the implementation of more equitable policies at the city level. In addition, several chapters critically examine the implications of using the tolerance component of Richard Florida's ""creative cities"" arguments. The final section consists of two chapters that explore the ways that urban planning regimes have been used to regulate sexually-oriented businesses and the way this regulation of sexualized spaces has implications on the heteronormativity of plans and planners.

In summary, these chapters interrogate planning practice and pose questions for academic and professional planners about the ways that the queer community and its needs for spaces have shifted. What do those changes mean for the practice of planning 40 years after the North American Stonewall rebellion and looking forward to the next 40 years? To what extent does existing planning practice constrain the evolution of queer communities or seek to commercialize such spaces to the benefit of large developers and the detriment of marginalized members of the community? How might planning practice change to provide more direct support to the evolution of queer people and the spaces in which they live?

This volume draws on these insights as well as the experiences of the various authors to lay out possible future directions for the field of planning to create truly inclusive urban areas.

Edited by: Petra L. Doan
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 657g
ISBN: 9781409428152
ISBN 10: 140942815X
Pages: 294
Publication Date: 20 September 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Petra I. Doan, Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA Petra L. Doan, Ann Forsyth, Gail Dubrow, Sue Hendler, Michael Backs, Katrin B. Anacker, Andrew Gorman-Murray, Tom Chapman, Tiffany Muller Myrdahl, Phil Hubbard, Jason Prior, Penny Crofts, Sy Adler, Johanna Brenner, Michael Frisch, Larry Knopp, Mickey Lauria.

Reviews for Queerying Planning: Challenging Heteronormative Assumptions and Reframing Planning Practice

'Queering Planning is a greatly needed collection of both new and influential literature on queer issues in planning. It is an essential source for planning academics who study LGBT issues and an inspiration for practitioners who seek a deeper understanding of diversity, inclusion and justice in planning. It captures the evolution of the planning profession at a key moment that enlightens about the behavior of professions.' Curt Winkle, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA