urban conflict / managing social conflicts by means of design?

[fima.fr]

This topic is interested by its multidisciplinary nature: it belongs
to urban planning, sociology, conflictmanagement.
I think that the urban (planning) conflict is a conflict about (caused
by) space element: territory development, or degradation, changes in
value of space.
I know about "public participation", but in reality of Russia, for
example, it is problematically to build "community" with clear program
and position. This work may be should be done by the architect/planner/
designer. In the era of young market and capitalism the conflict
between private and city interest is managed (and won) by main
stakeholder (private and rich) - who pay money to planner. And when
developper in small town, having a territory, go to architectural
bureau, he thinks about big areas of building, not about quality, only
about quantity. Architect draw it near the boundaries of area -
without any pedestrian links through the building or its territory.
It's a simple example.
What do you think about the urban conflict in urban planning terms?

[drydem]

Post by fima.fr
This topic is interested by its multidisciplinary nature: it belongs
to urban planning, sociology, conflictmanagement.
I think that the urban (planning) conflict is a conflict about (caused
by) space element: territory development, or degradation, changes in
value of space.
I know about "public participation", but in reality of Russia, for
example, it is problematically to build "community" with clear program
and position. This work may be should be done by the architect/planner/
designer. In the era of young market and capitalism the conflict
between private and city interest is managed (and won) by main
stakeholder (private and rich) - who pay money to planner. And when
developper in small town, having a territory, go to architectural
bureau, he thinks about big areas of building, not about quality, only
about quantity. Architect draw it near the boundaries of area -
without any pedestrian links through the building or its territory.
It's a simple example.
What do you think about the urban conflict in urban planning terms?

Often developers look at a project's cost from a short term view of
construction..

Planners tend to look at the cost from a long term operational or
surrounding
infrastructure impact cost, e.g. traffic impact

Typically, the architect is kept on a short leash
by the developer and must represent the developer
or be fired. While a urban planner is normally
an agent for the local government, his behavioral
performance is exposed/subject to the
principal -agent problem[1]
.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal-agent_problem