This Open Access book explores the concept of the open city, examining its theoretical foundations, normative implications, and real-world practices in contemporary urban planning. The chapters move from conceptual debates on openness and empirical cases, investigating how cities address key challenges such as democracy, freedom, inclusion, creativity, learning, governance, and urban change. Contributors examine tensions between order and disorder, openness and closure, and ask who benefits from urban transformation and under what conditions. By connecting urban theory with planning practice, the volume offers a critical yet accessible reflection on the future of cities.
Developed through the work of the Thematic Group “Ethics and Justice” of the Association of European Schools of Planning, this book provides an essential resource for scholars, practitioners, and students interested in open cities, urban governance, democratic planning, and institutional design.
Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-92-3722-7
Table of contents:
𝟭. 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — Anita De Franco and Stefano Cozzolino
𝟮. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝘀 “𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻”, 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗵𝘆 — Stefano Moroni and Ian Carter
𝟯. 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗔 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼-𝗠𝗲𝘀𝗼-𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 — David Emanuel Andersson
𝟰. 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 — Stefano Cozzolino
𝟱. 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 — Onur Tümtürk
𝟲. 𝗙𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀? — Elena Porqueddu
𝟳. 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹-𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 — Nurit Alfasi
𝟴. 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 — Anita De Franco
