Narrative Turn in Urban Planning

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).

• Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: Examining Narratives in the Context of Urban planning Narratives MatterAimsPlotting the WaterfrontThe Helsinki Waterfront, Jätkäsaari and KalasatamaSourcesOutline Urban Planning and Narrative: Towards a Theory of Narrative Planning The Narrative Turn in Planning: A Critical Overview Different Kinds of KnowledgeDefining Narrative in PlanningWhat Is Not a Story? Narrative for, in and of Planning A Threefold TaxonomyNarratives for PlanningNarrative MappingMapping the Helsinki Waterfront: A Concise Literary Case StudyNarratives in Planning: The Brief Story of the Helsinki WaterfrontPlanning Maritime HelsinkiNarratives of Planning: Telling the Future of the WaterfrontConclusion Emplotting Urban Regeneration: Narrative Strategies in Kalasatama Emplotment as Spatial and Narrative PracticeSituating Kalasatama within a PlotMetaphors of Kalasatama: "In the Armpit of the City"Diverging Narratives: Urban Centre or Shopping Mall?"How we live in 2033"A Meshwork of Contradictory StorylinesConclusion Genre and Metaphor in Planning Jätkäsaari Dominant Narratives in Planning in JätkäsaariSimple Story, Complex Story, and Micro-NarrativeNarratives for Planning in JätkäsaariJätkäsaari’s Identity Marker: The Hotel ControversyCentre or Periphery?Narratives of Planning in JätkäsaariA Bildungsroman for a Waterfront DevelopmentPlanning as Bildungsroman"Man’s Island" or "Women’s City"?Lost Opportunities for Planning with NarrativePark "Good Hope"Sustainable JätkäsaariNarratives and the Building BlockPlanning with Diversity?Conclusion Planning with Narrative Narrative Mapping and PPGISPlanning with PolyphonyPlanning without ClosurePlanning for Narrative SpaceTeaching Planning with narrative Conclusion Sources Glossary Index

"This is a fine contribution to the planning field and will be especially helpful to those interested in the stories told around planning strategies and projects. It draws together and enriches the literature on narrative and storytelling, both generally and specifically in relation to planning and urban studies. It contains two well-developed case studies of major redevelopment projects in one of Northern Europe’s major cities which illustrate the different ways narratives inform, get used in and are generated by planning activity. Many will find this book a really helpful resource."- Patsy Healey, professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, Newcastle University, UK