- "Participatory planning emerged in response to the centralized and rationalistic approaches that defined early urban planning work."
Methods for involving residents, stakeholders, and community groups in the urban design and planning process, including public meetings, surveys, workshops, and online engagement tools.
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Public Hearings: Formal meetings in which citizens are invited to express their opinions, give feedback, and ask questions about plans and proposals developed by city planners and architects.
Surveys and Opinion Polls: Tools used to collect feedback and opinions from residents and stakeholders.
Stakeholder Workshops: A focused group of people brought together to collaboratively work on a shared interest, discuss group-specific issues and determine new possible solutions using creative thinking.
Focus Groups: Small groups of individuals selected to represent a given demographic or interest group, usually moderated by a facilitator.
Charrettes: Collaborative design workshops that bring diverse groups of stakeholders together to create a shared vision for a specific urban design or planning project.
Online Engagement: Digital engagement tactics – websites, social media networks, and other online tools to gather opinions and feedback from the public.
Community Meetings: Public gatherings for discussing local issues or concerns, and planned by civic associations or neighborhood groups.
Community Liaisons: An individual who serves as a liaison and advocate between community members and city officials.
Participatory Budgeting: A democratic process where residents directly decide how to allocate part of a public budget.
Community-led Design: An urban design or planning process that enables communities to be a part of the decision-making process.
Crowdsourcing: A method that collects individuals’ using social media to source information, and engaging them in conversations allowing them to contribute directly in urban planning.
Citizen Juries: A gathering of regular people that mimics a formal court jury, that make decisions on urban planning issues given the issue and qualified arguments.
Deliberative Polling: A methodology using a researched sample of individuals to discuss and deliberate with one another about an issue in urban design and planning.
Community Ambassadors: A volunteer who speaks on behalf of the community about its interests and advocates for neighborhoods, working closely in partnership with local authorities.
Open Houses: An informal meeting where residents can view and provide feedback about the urban design or planning program.
Co-Design: Collaboration between different stakeholders to create a shared vision and plan options for a specific urban design or planning project.
Public Art: Art installations or commissions can represent and celebrate the community’s culture, vision, and values, and foster dialogue for urban design and planning solutions between the community members, city officials, and third parties.
- "It has become an influential paradigm both in the context of traditional urban planning, and in the context of international community development."
- "There is no singular theoretical framework or set of practical methods that make up participatory planning."
- "Generally, it seems to integrate technical expertise with the preferences and knowledge of community members during the planning process."
- "Consensus building and collective decision making is usually emphasized."
- "The inclusion of traditionally marginalized groups in the planning process is also usually prioritized."