Community action and planning : contexts, drivers and outcomes / [electronic resource]
Gallent, Nick,editor.
Ciaffi, Daniela,editor.
This book analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.
COMMUNITY ACTION AND PLANNING; Contents; Lists of images, figures and tables; Images; Figures; Tables; Notes on contributors; Editors; Contributors; Preface; Part 1. Framing community-based planning; 1. Communities, community action and planning; Introduction; The community question; Communities, community action; ...and planning; The book's structure; 2. Communities, networks and social capital; Introduction; Communities: definitions and assumptions; Communities as networks; Defining social capital; Social capital as enabling collective action; The potential for negative outcomes
Shaping social capital and influencing outcomesConclusions for community planning; 3. Time, belonging and development: a challenge for participation and research; Introduction; History, locality, narrative and belonging; Interpretive policy analysis and the built environment; Time, meaning and the development process; Part 2. Contexts and drivers for community action; 4. From residents to citizens: the emergence of neighbourhood movements in Spain; Introduction; Community-based action through the neighbourhood movement: urban policies and the deepening of democracy
Community-based action and planning: the significance of the neighbourhood movement in Spain5. Community action in Australian farming and fishing communities ; Introduction ; About the research and sites; Use of services ; The role of boundary crossers and community and industry organisations acting as soft entry points ; Interactional infrastructure; Exclusion from benefits of community action; Conclusions; 6. Associative action in urban planning: case studies from Marseille, France; Introduction
Let us assimilate those entering the country (to the tune of 'Allons Enfants de la Patrie...', La Marseillaise, Rouget de L'Isle, 1792)The city of Marseille; Self-development in the Marseille region; Conclusion; 7. Communities, land-ownership, housing and planning: reflections from the Scottish experience; Introduction; The land question and community land trusts; Community land ownership on the Isle of Gigha; Conclusions; Part 3. Planning at the community scale; 8. The Fourth Way of active citizenship: case studies from the Netherlands1; Introduction
The perforated boundaries of the welfare stateActive citizenship and 'everyday fixers'; New social capital and trust in the public domain; Engaged/engaging government; The Fourth Way; New towns; Almere: Citizens take over maintenance of public space; Ede: local government following the speed of active citizenship ; Almere: from formal participation to active citizenship; Lelystad: local government's search for the Fourth Way; Overview and conclusions; 9. Small-town comprehensive planning in California: medial pathways to community-based participation; Introduction ; Advocacy planning
Collaborative planning
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book analyses the contexts, drivers and outcomes of community action and planning in the global north: from emergent neighbourhood planning in England to the community-based housing movement in New York, and from active citizenship in the Dutch new towns to associative action in Marseille.
Planning
Community development, Urban.
City planning
Political participation.