Types of Planners
Sees the city as a location of production, consumption, distribution
Economic development planner
Social justice/economic opportunity/income equality
Environmental protection
Overall economic growth & efficiency
Economic Growth-Equity conflict. Competing claims on and uses of property. Private interest versus public good. (landlords vs. renters; gentrifiers vs. long term residents).
Property Conflict
no guarantee benefits get to the right people.
Targeting
Sees the city as a consumer of resources and a producer of wastes. The city is in competition with nature for scarce resources and land, threatens nature.
Environmental planner
The three priorities of the planner's triangle
1. Grow the economy (economic development)
2. Distribute this growth fairly (equity)
3. Not degrade the ecosystem (environment)
Business resists the regulation of its exploitation of nature, but at the same time needs regulation to conserve those resources for present and future demands. How do we protect a natural resource but also make money from it?
Resource Conflict
% of a target population helped by intervention
Coverage
Sees the city as a location of conflict over the distribution of resources, of services, and of opportunities.
Equity planner
The three conflicts of the planner's triangle
1. The development conflict
2. The resource conflict
3. The property conflict
Protecting the environment and grow social equity. Global scale: Rich countries telling poorer countries to slow their economic development to protect the environment; locally, lumberjacks (jobs) vs. environmentalists, or choosing to have a polluting industry locate in your neighborhood because of job opportunities. Economic segregation leads to environmental segregation environmental racism.
Development Conflict
may require a person to stay when they want to leave the area.
Mobility