Tag Archives: participatory methods

Placemaking: toolkits & books

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

Read time: 3 minutes This post is a companion to a previous post: Placemaking: trends & people. This post focuses on toolkits, methods, books and handbooks for effective placemaking in a range of contexts, from healthy streets and neighbourhood planning … Continue reading →

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Participatory budgeting made in France

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

Participatory budgeting is increasingly popular among local councils, and is now also adopted by regional and even national governments across the globe. The influential American non-profit Participatory Budgeting Project defines participatory budgeting as such: Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic … Continue reading →

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Through the Looking Glass: why public engagement in cities should be about (more than) reflexion/reflection

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

Place-making affects all of us. Yet how many of us, apart from place-making professionals and decision-makers, can really shape the places we live in? This post argues that engaging the public in place-making should at least be about mutual learning, … Continue reading →

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