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People, place, participation: Putting community at the heart of planning and place-making (London, UK)

May 15, 2018

A monthly lecture series that challenges conventional views of social justice, setting a provocative vision for a better, fairer world. Hosted at London’s c18th home of radical thinking: New Unity, Newington Green N16.

This month’s theme: People, place, participation: Putting community at the heart of planning and place-making

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody only because and only when they are created by everybody.”
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American, 1961

Even if they don’t know it, communities have a collective intelligence which brings social, economic and environmental value to designing cities and neighbourhoods. Just as the act of voting is a right, it is inherently democratic to bring people genuinely to the heart of planning and placemaking.

Post-war planning and urban renewal has often been undertaken without the involvement and support of local communities and with unintended negative consequences.  While the planning system seeks to secure sustainable development in the long-term public interest, all too often becomes adversarial and communities feel alienated from the planning process.

Charles Campion RIBA AoU, Partner at the award winning architectural practice JTP, will explain the background and theory of charrette processes, illustrated with some case studies from his new RIBA publication 20/20 visions.

Tagged With: Participatory approaches, urban

Planeamento Participativo para o Desenvolvimento Compatível com o Clima em Maputo, Moçambique (UCL Press 2015)

July 17, 2016

Planejamento Participativo para o Desenvolvimento Compatível Climáticas, em Maputo, Moçambique é ‘manual que se baseie na experiência de um projeto piloto que foi premiado com a Organização das Nações Unidas um praticantes Award Atividade Farol’.

Baseando-se uma longa tradição académica de planejamento participativo, este dois idiomas (Inglês / Português) livro aborda questões cruciais sobre a relevância da participação dos cidadãos no planejamento para o desenvolvimento compatível com o clima e argumenta que os cidadãos tenham conhecimento e acesso a recursos que lhes permitam desenvolver uma visão sustentável para sua comunidade. A fim de fazer isso, o autor propõe uma metodologia de planejamento de ação participativa para organizar comunidades, e também avança mecanismos de desenvolvimento institucional por meio de parcerias.

Este livro está disponível como um Open Access PDF livre

Filed Under: Humanitarian Communications, Mozambique, Participation, Portuguese/Português, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Citizen Participation, civic engagement, Participatory approaches

Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique (UCL Press 2015)

July 17, 2016

Participatory Planning for Climate Compatible Development in Maputo, Mozambique is a practitioners’ handbook that builds upon the experience of a pilot project that was awarded the United Nations ‘Lighthouse Activity’ Award.

Building upon a long scholarly tradition of participatory planning, this dual-language (English/Portuguese) book addresses crucial questions about the relevance of citizen participation in planning for climate compatible development and argues that citizens have knowledge and access to resources that enable them to develop a sustainable vision for their community. In order to do so, the author proposes a Participatory Action Planning methodology to organise communities, and also advances mechanisms for institutional development through partnerships.

This book is available as a free Open Access PDF

Filed Under: Climate and Environment, Humanitarian Communications, Mozambique, Participation, Publications (published in print and/or online) Tagged With: Citizen Participation, civic engagement, Participatory approaches

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