Culture and Local Governance / Culture et Gouvernance Locale

Deadline for submission of papers: May 1, 2010

Guest Editors: Nancy Duxbury (Centre for Social Studies at the University
of Coimbra, Portugal) and M. Sharon Jeannotte (Centre on Governance,
University of Ottawa, Canada)

In the face of growing environmental and economic urgencies, issues of
sustainability and resiliency are moving to the forefront of planning,
policy, and programs in cities and communities of all sizes. City planning
paradigms are mutating from a focus on building ‘creative cities’ to
that of achieving ‘sustainable cities.’ Internationally, this shift is
evident among local governments adopting sustainability goals for towns,
cities, and regions; creating sustainable community plans; and implementing
community projects related to ‘sustainable development.’ Yet cultural
considerations, while recognized in urban and community planning contexts,
are not integrated into sustainability planning in a widespread way.

Where are cultural considerations in this new paradigm/framework? How
might culture be incorporated and situated within sustainability planning
and related initiatives? How should cultural planning adapt to this
increasingly dominant paradigm and context?

Potential contributors are invited to submit an article (maximum 5,000
words) by May 1, 2010 to Nancy Duxbury at duxbury@ces.uc.pt.

Details: www.ces.uc.pt/cesfct/nd/CFP_Culture_and_Local_Governance.pdf