Policy Making Theory and Environmental Planning (Case Study: Sustainable Development Theory)
Journal Title: Urban Strategic Thought - Year 2022, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Theorizing especially in social sciences concerned with hierarchical levels of values and normative preconceptions whether from the perspective of formulizing and interpretation or policy making and application. Meta-theories (ontological, epistemological, methodological issues) are at the top of the hierarchy, followed by social science theories and finally ends to policymaking theories. Policymaking theories connect fundamental and theoretical thoughts to social acts. Environmental planning as a normative profession and activity requires such theories to propose governing activities. This paper aims to discuss whether there are any cases of policy theories in environmental planning or not. Following with this question if respecting the fact that in the recent decades, sustainable development concept has been a source of inspiration to environmental policymaking activities around the world, would it be possible to consider it as an environmental policy making theory or not. Based on epistemological, linguistic and historical analysis, the paper suggests that it is possible to consider sustainable development concept as a policy-making theory. Furthermore, regarding obvious effects of this concept on adopted environmental policies all around the world including Iran, it is confirmed that sustainbale development concept is consider as a case of policymaking theory in environmental planning.
Authors and Affiliations
Amir Safaee
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP727900
- DOI 10.30479/UT.2022.17367.1106
- Views 48
- Downloads 0
Explaining the Branding Framework for Tourism Development in Iranian Creative Cities (Case Study: Sanandaj Music Creative City)
Currently, the development of urban creativity is one of the newest and most important paradigm regarding increase of competitiveness and economic development based on urban entrepreneurship. Meanwhile, Sanandaj City has...
Policy Making Theory and Environmental Planning (Case Study: Sustainable Development Theory)
Theorizing especially in social sciences concerned with hierarchical levels of values and normative preconceptions whether from the perspective of formulizing and interpretation or policy making and application. Meta-the...
A Critical Analysis of the Existing Views about What "Iranian City" is; With Emphasis on the Dominant Concepts of the cities of Iran in the Pre-Islamic Era
Introduction: The term "Iranian city" is an ambiguous and complex category that has been studied by many researchers and has been used in their literature with different interpretations and concepts, while it covers a wi...
Productive and Exportive Function of Special Port Economic Zones for Endogenous Regional Development (Case study: Special Economic Zone of Amirabad Port)
One of the ways to create regional development is to determine free and special economic zones. Planning in order to form regions with comparative advantages can lead to region self-production development. This study aim...
An Introduction to the Various Interpretations Explanation of "Unity" Concept in Urban Design
Due to its various meaning, the concept of “unity” is used with different aspects within urban design so-called vocabulary. Despite this extent of use, this concept and its multiple and various aspects is not studied pro...