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Using Actor–Network Theory to understand planning practice: Exploring relationships between actants in regulating low-carbon commercial development

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There has been a recent growth in interest within planning theory in Actor–Network Theory.
This article explores the potential for Actor–Network Theory to deliver a distinctive perspective
on planning practice. Using a case study of commercial office development and the discussion
of its carbon performance within the regulatory planning process, an Actor–Network Theory–
based analysis is provided. The analysis points to the role of planning policy documents as
intermediaries, the planning consent process as an obligatory passage point and energy-modelling
exercises as potentially black-boxing low-carbon development. It also emphasises how materiality
of the development embodies compliance with policy through the construction and warranting of
evidence claims. In all these ways, the relationships between actants within networks are shaped.
The practice-based conclusions draw attention to the importance of planners devising highly
detailed and carefully worded plan policies, and understanding and being able to challenge the
knowledge derived from energy-modelling tools as ways of developing agency to influence the
outcomes of planning practice. Such agency is revealed by an Actor–Network Theory analysis to
be small work in local sites of practice but set against the backdrop of regulatory regimes.

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Judul Seri

Planning Theory

No. Panggil

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Penerbit

London, UK : SAGE., 2012

Deskripsi Fisik

Planning Theory 12(1) 23– 45, 2012

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

DOI: 10.1177/1473095

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Tipe Isi

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Tipe Media

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Tipe Pembawa

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Edisi

(2012), 12(1)

Subjek

PLANNING THEORY

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