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Spatial Sociology and Planning in Slovenia in the Threshold of Information Society
Zdravko Mlinar
; Slovenska akademija znanosti umjetnosti, Ljubljana, Slovenija
Sažetak
The author focuses on the socio-spatial aspects of social scanges and
on the possibilities of their (anticipated) recognition and direction within the context of informatization and globalization. The basic question is how to deal with the growing complexity that has been
encountered and differently responeded to by the idiosyncratic and
nomothetic social sciences. The author more concretely presents different approaches and findings, which provide a basic for a unified
understanding of life in the society at all levels of territorial societal
organization, considered as a common, subdisciplinary field - spatial
sociology. Interpretations about the end of »grand narratives« that
would mean the ending of the regularity, predictability and planning
are understood as the result of the growing complexity, which can be
largely explained by long-term processes of individualization and
globalization and with the »limits to growth«, which hold-back their
further continuation on the local and global level. The technology has
surpassed the mentality and planning practice: a mental capture into
the »territorial trap« has been identified. The importance of space in
terms of accessibility (as an obstacle, friction, distance) has reduced:
simultaneously, deficiency in space has emerged and thus the importance of space as a »container« has set in. Contrary to the logic
of the physical space (built environment), the zero sum game does not apply in the virtual space; when information is used it does not mean that it is consumed, and, accordingly, there - in principle - is no incompatibility between users. Global communication (mobility) does
not by itself mean the negation of narrower territorial identities; it can
also provide a challenge and the basis for their more marked assertion. Furthermore, home-centredness is taking place simultaneously to the ubiquity, which is typically shown as home-based telework and the roles of the internet and mobile phone.
The general ideas presented above are illustrated by numerous experiences in the field of spatial and urban planning in Slovenia
and world-wide.
Ključne riječi
spatial sociology; planning; complexity; predictability; technology; informatization; virtual; home-centredness; ubiquity
Hrčak ID:
33281
URI
Datum izdavanja:
10.3.2009.
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