Toxic Communications and Relational Planning

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The perceived state of toxicity in communications between citizens and planners significantly impacts the relational and communicative work of planning. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Lucy Natarajan

doi:10.1080/14649357.2026.2650082

April 16, 2026Planning Theory & PracticeOpen Access

Toxic Communications and Relational Planning

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In this piece, I reflect on the communicative work of planning, where citizens and planners interact, and there is a perceived current state of “toxicity” in such exchanges. I ask what this might m...

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