Planners, blended (in)formality and a public interest of fragments

Lauren Andres; Stuart Denoon-Stevens; Phil Jones

doi:10.1080/02697459.2023.2247249

Planners, blended (in)formality and a public interest of fragments

Lauren Andres^*, Stuart Denoon-Stevens, Phil Jones

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Planners need to manage the plurality of everyday living conditions faced by monetary poor communities in South African cities. Here, we develop the concept of blended (in)formality to move beyond binary approaches which classify these communities as having either formal or informal status. Drawing on McFarlane’s (2018, 2021) notion of fragments, we explore how formal planning and spontaneous unplanned urban interventions do not merely co-exist but work together. We formulate a public interest of fragments to demonstrate how communities can benefit from approaches to planning which employ a more fluid understanding of the interactions between the formal and informal.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	207-222
Number of pages	16
Journal	Planning, Practice and Research
Volume	39
Issue number	2
Early online date	28 Aug 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2023.2247249
Publication status	Published - 29 Feb 2024

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The work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council [ES/P00198X/1].

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Planners
blended (in) formality
fragment
public interest
South Africa

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The appropriateness, usefulness and impact of the current urban planning curriculum in South African Higher Education
Beazley, M., Andres, L. & Jones, P.
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Planning education research in South Africa 2018
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