SOCIOLOGY AND URBAN PLANNING
SOCIOLOGY AND URBAN PLANNING

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to indicate the complexity of the phenomenon of urban planning, as well as the importance of sociological expertise for its success. A well-structured and designed urban space is one whose morphology and function are suited to the needs of the inhabitants (citizens) residing in the city, neighbourhood or quarter. For such a goal to be achieved, it is necessary to view the city spatial whole as a unique and one-of-a-kind social whole, and sociological research can provide an important contribution. Reducing urban planning to its technical dimensions does not provide insight into the complexity and multidimensionality of space, and so this paper indicates that its social dimension is not only important, but essential. In addition, the paper provides an overview of some of the contemporary challenges faced by urban planning, such as the neoliberal model of urbanization, the crisis in patriarchy and the importance of ecological problems. At the same time, it is emphasized that such social occurrences are not important only for the practice of urban planning, but for the development of urban sociology as a discipline.

• Details
• Contents