Download or read book Conflicts in Urban Future-Making written by Monika Grubbauer and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2024-11-22 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under conditions of heightened uncertainty, cities face enormous challenges in responding to contemporary crises. The contributors to this volume explore the conflictual dynamics that arise when urban futures are imagined, negotiated, and materialized. Through the lens of urban future-making, they provide a timely analysis of the conflicts that shape planning projects, architectural interventions, and new experiments in the built environment. Their analyses show how urban future-making is conditioned by conflicting governance arrangements, actor constellations, and power dynamics – offering rich insight into the critical role of professionals as key agents of urban transformation.