The Importance of Creative Participatory Planning in the Public Place-Making Process

Elizelle J Cilliers and Wim Timmermans
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Wim Timmermans: Van Hall Larenstein, University of Applied Sciences, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Environment and Planning B, 2014, vol. 41, issue 3, 413-429

Abstract: The idea of ‘place’ has long been central to the planning and design practice. Recent trends illustrate increased intervention in the ‘experience’ and ‘feeling’ of places, in order to influence and enhance community dynamics. While place-making is an important tool for experts to utilize in community planning, it should be accompanied by a thorough understanding of the contemporary social dynamics of place and the implications it has for the people who inhabit these places. In this sense, participatory planning forms an integral part of future place-making processes and planning thereof. In this paper, the first aim is to capture the importance of incorporating public perspective into the place-making process when considering future urban planning. The second is to stress the importance of the creative participatory processes to attract stakeholders and enhance their willingness to partake in the participatory planning processes. The third aim is to identify creative participatory planning tools that can be used to enhance participatory planning within the place-making process.

Keywords: creative participatory planning; place-making; place; space; creative participation tools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1068/b39098

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