The necessity of strong public participation in planning processes of public authorities has been generally recognized in recent years. It is an area in which public authorities are still undergoing a ...

In just four years, PlaNYC has proved itself a remarkably valuable planning tool for New Yorkers, with unprecedentedly broad reach. In accessible language, it presents a unifying vision linking ...

Experts in climate change and development planning have called for the adaptation of a participatory spatial planning approach to help address the negative impact of climate change on coastal communit ...

Policymakers are increasingly planning at local and regional levels for future climate-related impacts. The importance of stakeholders' involvement in such decision-making processes is discussed, but ...

Beginning in 2013, Kenya’s devolution of fiscal and administrative power to county governments has begun to address some of the historical marginalization of regions and ethnic groups not politically ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defined child-friendly cities as those that prioritize children’s access to safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and the ...

This piece originally appeared on The City Fix. Urban planners, designers and architects have their work cut out for them. The rate of urbanization around the world means that we have to reconfigure ...

This course introduces students to a range of theories, frameworks, tools, and techniques related to participatory planning and community engagement. Through a combination of field-based activities ...

Congratulations to Prof Vanesa Castán Broto on her new paper “Queering participatory planning” in the journal of Environment & Urbanization. All over the world, people suffer violence and ...

An ambitious project has been initiated by the state government for decentralised participatory planning and optimum use of funds allocated to rural areas for various sectors. Micro level planning ...