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Landscape professionals’ views of Swedish transport planning practice
Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Architecture and Water.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9485-7018
(English)In: Planning Theory & Practice, ISSN 1464-9357, E-ISSN 1470-000XArticle in journal (Refereed) Submitted
Abstract [en]

This study addresses perspectives of professionals, employed as specialists in ecology, cultural heritage and landscape architecture at the Swedish Transport Administration (STA), applying a theoretical lens including institutional logics and human agency and professionalism. The principal contribution of this research is a situated account of the agency of landscape professionals in the context of transport infrastructure planning practice. Professionals who participated in this study discussed views regarding issues such as their own role and task in planning, the purpose of planning and how planning processes should be performed.   Participating professionals interactively generated criticism of institutional logics prevalent within the STA. For example, they reportedly encountered a strong project management focus and absence of officially promoted collaborative planning approaches.

Keywords [en]
transport, institutional logics, professionalism, environmental professionals, landscape
National Category
Public Administration Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80518OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-80518DiVA, id: diva2:1459912
Funder
Swedish Transport Administration, 6626Available from: 2020-08-21 Created: 2020-08-21 Last updated: 2023-09-05
In thesis
1. Considering landscape in practices of transport planning
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2020 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

A well-known challenge in planning is for the professionals involved to handle multiple sources ofknowledge and to influence decision-making as a result. This challenge is the main focus of this research and in order to explore it I have directed attention to the integration of knowledge pertaining to landscape in practices of transport planning. In particular, this re­search considers the professionals who contribute to such integration. The aim is to develop and refine our understanding of the challenges and opportunities professionals face when integrating knowledge oflandscape into the practices oftransport planning. A second aim is to contribute to an ongoing discussion within the field of planning theory that addresses the use ofknowledge and the logics underlying practices oftransport planning. At the centre of analysis are the professionals taking part in transport planning and their reflections on their own professional practice. Their perspectives are analysed in relation to the procedural and institutional aspects of their practice and in relation to previous research conceming professional knowledge, within the fields of planning, practice and organisations studies. Findings are presented in three separate studies that focus on different groups of planning professionals working in different parts of Swedish transport planning practice. Study I, investigates strategic planning performed at Regional Development Councils. Study Il sets eyes on the processes of förmal planning and design at the Swedish Transport Ad­ministration (STA) and Study III focuses on planning and design practices taking place at consultancy companies commissioned by the STA. Study IV differs from the other three, as it is primarily a theoretical discussion focusing on the knowledge oflandscapes. Study IV ad­dresses critical issues and challenges regarding the formation ofknowledge about landscapes in spatial planning contexts, based on published landscape research and planning theory.

This research provides situated accounts of professionals' reflections of their own roles, tasks, and practices. The main contribution lies in the details and nuances of their descrip­tions as these deepen our understanding of the complexity of landscape consideration and knowledge integration in transport planning. Participating professionals elucidate essential aspects of challenges in integrating knowledge of landscapes and additionally outline ways to make the interrelation of different types ofknowledge possible. Professionals' discussions provide insights into their perceived opportunities to influence planning decisions and ways they try to safeguard landscapes (rnitigate negative effects and create positive effects) in the layout and design of transport structures.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Luleå: Luleå University of Technology, 2020
Series
Doctoral thesis / Luleå University of Technology 1 jan 1997 → …, ISSN 1402-1544
Keywords
transport planning, knowledge, landscape, planning theory
National Category
Landscape Architecture
Research subject
Architecture
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-80549 (URN)978-91-7790-636-0 (ISBN)978-91-7790-637-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2020-10-23, E632, LTU Porsön, Luleå, 10:00 (English)
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Funder
Swedish Transport Administration, 6626
Available from: 2020-08-25 Created: 2020-08-25 Last updated: 2023-09-05Bibliographically approved

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