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 ...

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 ...

Lueneburg. 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 ...

The Un-Habitat or the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, whose primary focus is to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanization, has been developing ...

Child-friendly cities prioritize safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and children's participation in decision-making processes. However, children are consulted only for ideas and ...

There is great potential to take a bottom-up approach to development planning in the drylands that includes the knowledge, input, and support of dryland communities. To date, pastoralists have had ...

a) What is a Participatory Assessment? A Participatory Assessment is a process of building partnerships with refugee women and men of all ages and backgrounds by promoting meaningful participation ...