Architecture and Urban Planning in Contemporary Crises: Deontology and Climate Security

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https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.20252411161

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urban crisis, public health, pandemic, climate change, deontological change, climate secutiry

Abstract

This article examines the role of architecture and urban planning in contemporary crises, from the 2008 financial crisis to the COVID-19 pandemic and the current climate emergency. Revisiting Buchanan’s Big Rethink (2011)—a necessary radical revision of architectural and urban principles—the study analyzes regulatory frameworks and urban strategies that have emerged in response to these crises. Based on a corpus of over 500 press articles, the research identifies emerging discourses and proposes legal and deontological tools to strengthen the profession’s strategic role in adapting to and mitigating climate insecurity in urban environments. The study concludes that it is essential to reform architectural and urban planning practices to expand professional responsibility in addressing emerging environmental and social challenges.

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Author Biography

  • Irene Quintáns-Pintos, Autonomous University of Barcelona

    Irene Quintáns Pintos (Santiago de Compostela, 1978) holds a degree in Architecture from the Higher Technical School of Architecture at the University of A Coruña (2005). Master's in Territorial and Urban Studies (School of Public Administration and Polytechnic University of Catalonia, 2008) and Executive Leadership Course at Harvard University (2017). She worked for the Barcelona and São Paulo City Councils (2008-2013) and is a public policy consultant and urban mobility specialist.This work is carried out within the framework of the PhD program "Person and Society in the Contemporary World" at the Department of Social Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona.

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2025-06-30

How to Cite

Quintáns-Pintos, I. (2025). Architecture and Urban Planning in Contemporary Crises: Deontology and Climate Security. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, 24, 58-71. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.20252411161
Received 2024-10-21
Accepted 2025-03-17
Published 2025-06-30