Participation methods

Articles and visual tools to better frame and support citizen involvement and participatory processes in urban planning

The wheel of public participation

In recent years, we have observed a growing number of participatory democratic mechanisms in cities. Participatory budgets, consultation workshops, or citizen committees are different approaches that all aim to involve citizens in the making of the city. Even the political programmes during the last French municipal elections demonstrated a growing concern around “citizen participation”. However, …

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50 shades of urbanism

Tactical urbanism, new urbanism, sustainable urbanism, circular urbanism, DIY urbanism, collaborative urbanism, landscape urbanism, re-urbanism… There are a thousand urbanisms! What lies behind these -ism names? And what is urbanism, at the end of the day? Cities offer a lot of opportunities, but they also concentrate many environmental, societal and economic challenges. Since the age …

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