Seeing Beyond - Using Utopiatyping as a Strategy for Building Capacity in Urban Development Processes

In this paper we discuss a case-based strategy for utopiatyping, i.e. using imagined futures in a structured, iterative process as a way of incorporating narrative elements into the urban development process. Utopiatyping can be used both as a communicative as well as a participative strategy either helping raise awareness of future planning initiatives or actively involving citizens in the vision formulation stage.