Routledge Focus on Urban Studies

Planning as Political Theatre: Chronicle of Two Megaprojects Foretold

1st Edition

By Dorina Pojani, Ranja Hautamäki
June 02, 2025

This book examines two large and highly controversial urban infill projects in two peripheral European capitals—Tirana and Helsinki—through the lens of dramaturgy and political theatre. The authors argue that the planning processes in both cities have been farcical, following the so-called ‘...