
The Community Planning Handbook
How People Can Shape Their Cities, Towns and Villages in Any Part of the World
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Community Planning Handbook
How People Can Shape Their Cities, Towns and Villages in Any Part of the World
About this book
Growing numbers of residents are getting involved with professionals in shaping their local environment, and there is now a powerful menu of tools available, from design workshops to electronic maps. The Community Planning Handbook is the essential starting point for all those involved: planners and local authorities, architects and other practitioners, community workers, students and local residents. It features an accessible how-to-do-it style, best practice information on effective methods, and international scope and relevance. Tips, checklists and sample documents help readers to get started quickly, learn from others' experience and to select the approach best suited to their situation. The glossary, bibliography and contact details provide quick access to further information and support. This fully updated new edition contains extra material on following up after community engagement activities.
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Information

Hong Kong, 1998
Activity week | |
Architecture centre | |
Art workshop | |
Award scheme | |
Briefing workshop | |
Choice catalogue | |
Community design centre | |
Community planning event | |
Community planning forum | |
Community profiling | |
Design assistance team | |
Design fest | |
Design game | |
Design workshop | |
Development trust | |
Diagrams | |
Door knocking | |
Draft plan consultation | |
Electronic map | |
Elevation montage | |
Energy fair | |
E-voting | |
Environment shop | |
Feasibility fund | |
Field workshop | |
Future search conference | |
Gaming | |
Have your say drop-in | |
Ideas competition | |
Interactive display | |
The internet | |
Ketso kit | |
Local design statement | |
Mapping | |
Microplanning workshop | |
Mobile unit | |
Models | |
Neighbourhood planning office | |
Newspaper supplement | |
Online consultation | |
Open house event | |
Open Space workshop | |
Participatory editing | |
Photo survey | |
Planning aid scheme | |
Planning day | |
Planning for Real | |
Planning weekend | |
Prioritising | |
Process planning session | |
Reconnaissance trip | |
Review session | |
Risk assessment | |
Roadshow | |
Simulation | |
Street stall | |
Table scheme display | |
Task force | |
Urban design studio | |
User group | |
Video soapbox |



Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- General principles A–Z
- Methods A–Z
- Scenarios A–Z
- Programmes
- Case studies
- Appendices
- Index