Finding feasible action towards urban transformations

Abstract While innovative approaches to urban transformations are increasingly proposed, scholars often overlook challenges faced by endogenous actors (e.g. planners) tasked with taking action within non-ideal, real-world settings. Here we argue that an ‘inside’ view of (focused on judgment in practice) is needed complement existing ‘outside’ views assessment), where the feasibility becomes a central concern. This recasts discretised perspective. It suggests transformation pathways as both directed and stochastic, emergent from unfolding series ‘fuzzy moments’. Principles for bridging science planning derived.