Theoritical and Practical Study on "Public Planning History"

This study explored the methodological characteristics and challenges of "public planning history," a field of planning history that constructs "reflective knowledge for non-specialists" that emerges when the subject is the return of planning history research to society, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Through a reading of the Routledge Handbook of Planning History, it was founded that the methodological position of "public planning history" has not yet been determined. By analyzing cases within the framework of the two axes of "textual/visual" and "permanent/event" , it was shown that the development of public planning history, particularly in New York City, has a composition that spans each field. Questionnaire survey at the Takashimadaira Heritage Project and Urbanism Place Exhibition 2018 revealed trends in the evaluation of planning history by non-specialists.