A competitive urbanisation discourse is dominating the world. So much so that, following Lefevbre’s later work, Brenner and Schmid, among others, have recently re-invigorated the term ‘planetary urbanisation’ to promote a new epistemology of the urban. This is an epistemology which re-conceptualises the world as constituted by an extended urban fabric that lacks global exteriority – all the world is now to be perceived as a part of a global condensed, extended or differential urbanisation. But this also begs the question: what of the other non-urban-dwelling population who inhabit the 97% of the landmass that currently is not developed as urban land? The article begins by considering contemporary debates about planetary urbanisation. Having introduced arguments of equality developed by the philosophy of Rancière, it then considers planetary urbanisation from the perspective of equity. The article argues that we currently are witnessing an urban domination of the planet that not only fails in recognising the non-urban outside, but perhaps more importantly, increasingly is creating ‘geographies of despair’. It concludes by arguing for planning theories that take rubrics other than just that of the urban as their starting point, in order to contribute to opening up both urban and non-urban places as potential stages where disruptive politics, including those pertinent to planning, may be both played out and appropriately understood.

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星球的城市统治：对Rancièrian的批评

竞争的城市化话语正在统治世界。如此之多，以至于在Lefevbre后来的工作之后，Brenner和Schmid等人最近重新振兴了“行星城市化”一词，以促进城市的新认识论。这是一种认识论，它重新概念化了由缺乏全球外部性的扩展城市结构构成的世界–现在，全世界都被视为全球凝聚，扩展或差异化城市化的一部分。但是，这也引出了一个问题：居住在目前尚未开发为城市土地的97％土地上的其他非城市居民中有哪些呢？本文首先考虑了有关行星城市化的当代辩论。介绍了兰奇埃（Rancière）哲学所发展的平等论点之后，然后从公平的角度考虑行星城市化。文章认为，我们目前正在目睹这个星球在城市上的统治，这不仅无法识别外面的非城市，而且也许更重要的是，越来越多的人正在创造“绝望的地理”。文章最后通过争论以城市以外的其他理论为出发点的规划理论，以便为开放城市和非城市场所做出贡献，作为可能破坏性政治（包括与规划有关的政治）的潜在阶段。同时发挥和适当理解。越来越多的人在创造“绝望的地理”。文章最后通过争论以城市以外的其他理论为出发点的规划理论，以便为开放城市和非城市场所做出贡献，作为可能破坏性政治（包括与规划有关的政治）的潜在阶段。同时发挥和适当理解。越来越多的人在创造“绝望的地理”。文章最后通过争论以城市以外的其他理论为出发点的规划理论，以便为开放城市和非城市场所做出贡献，作为可能破坏性政治（包括与规划有关的政治）的潜在阶段。同时发挥和适当理解。