Traditional urban planning projects require considerable time, political buy-in, and capital. Conversely, small-scale urban interventions can be executed quickly and inexpensively. However, the terms used to describe these projects—such as tactical, pop-up, temporary, or insurgent urbanism—are numerous and overlapping, making them hard to distinguish from each other. We suggest that a single unifying term, punctual urbanism, can capture these different urbanisms. To justify this choice, we provide definitions and examples, as well as an overarching framework for understanding these urbanisms on the basis of two dimensions: who is implementing them and what is their temporal scale.

传统的城市规划项目需要大量时间，政治支持和资金。相反，小规模的城市干预可以快速，廉价地执行。但是，用于描述这些项目的术语（例如战术性，弹出式，临时性或叛乱性的城市主义）数量众多且重叠，这使得它们很难彼此区分开。我们建议，一个统一的术语，守时的城市主义，可以抓住这些不同的城市主义。为了证明这一选择的合理性，我们提供了定义和示例，以及一个基于两个维度来理解这些城市主义的总体框架：谁在实施它们以及它们的时间尺度是什么。