Obduracy and Urban Sociotechnical Change : Changing Plan Hoog Catharijne

A.M. Hommels

doi:10.1177/10780870022184589

Obduracy and Urban Sociotechnical Change : Changing Plan Hoog Catharijne

A.M. Hommels^*

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Abstract

Although cities are considered to be dynamic places, it may be difficult to make significant adjustments in the design of cities: Once built, cities become obdurate, immobile, and fixed. Drawing on recent research in the field of science, technology, and society studies on the obduracy of technological objects, a case study of large-scale urban redesign of the city center of the Dutch city Utrecht is analyzed: Hoog Catharijne. Using Bijker's concept of technological frame, the problem of obduracy in this redesign process is analyzed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	649-676
Number of pages	27
Journal	Urban Affairs Review
Volume	35
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10780870022184589
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2000

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