Core CPD Framework:
- International Planning
- 1.5 Hours of CPD
- Government Relations
Event Description
Colonialism has left a profound and enduring impact on urban landscapes across the globe. State-led planning was central to colonial projects, serving as a tool for influencing, organizing, and controlling space in colonised societies.
Through the formation of towns and cities, colonial powers advanced territorial expansion, including zoning to segregate populations, and to gain resources. Increasingly, researchers are also examining how these colonial legacies have influenced patterns of racial segregation and inequality within British cities themselves.
This seminar explores the persistence of planning’s colonial foundations in today’s complex postcolonial societies.
It also examines efforts to decolonise urban and regional planning practices and addresses how planners can play a part in this in their work. This ranges from the incorporation of Indigenous planning institutions to reforming the planning system in postcolonial towns and cities. It also includes public debates in Britain over commemoration, heritage, and whose histories are represented in public space.
The full programme will be announced shortly.
