1 / 23

cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/

This research focuses on the importance of involving community groups in urban planning for sustainable city-regions. It explores the value of community engagement, social innovation, and the need for an integrated approach to address various sustainability issues like energy, food, waste, transport, and housing. The study emphasizes the significance of local knowledge, collective action, and innovative solutions in promoting sustainable development. Key aspects include strategies for engaging whole communities, co-ordination of local resources, and fostering collaborations between different sectors for scalable impact. Insights are drawn from successful community-driven initiatives and best practices in sustainable urban planning.

rrace
Download Presentation

cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Cultivating the Value of Community Engagement and Social Innovation Dr Alex Franklin Sustainable Places Research Institute Cardiff University UK franklina1@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/

  2. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Environmental Sustainable City-Regions Social Economic

  3. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Environmental Physical Planning and Technological solutions Sustainable City-Regions Social Economic

  4. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Environmental Physical Planning and Technological solutions Sustainable City-Regions Social Economic

  5. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Environmental Community Engagement and Social Innovation Social Economic

  6. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Government/ Public Sector Planning for Sustainable City-Regions Private sector Business Community Groups, Third Sector and Civil Society

  7. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Government/ Public Sector Planning for Sustainable City-Regions Community Groups, Third Sector and Civil Society Private sector Business

  8. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Government/ Public Sector Planning for Sustainable City-Regions Community Groups, Third Sector and Civil Society Private sector Business

  9. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • Why engage community groups? • Need for greater understanding of individual choices, lifestyles followed, but also the social networks in which people are enrolled • Scaling-up: the need to stimulate pro-environmental behaviour change at both the individual and community level • Complexity – multiple communities, multiple needs, multiple interests

  10. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • Why engage community groups? • Value of local knowledge and existing social networks • Community groups as sites of innovation • Community groups as extremely active in pushing the sustainability agenda forward at the local scale • Need for an integrated approach

  11. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Cities Planning for Sustainable City-Regions Villages/ Towns Rural Space/ agricultural land

  12. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Energy Food Waste Planning for Sustainable City-Regions Transport Housing Water

  13. www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/ Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Towards Sustainable communities – Community Housing

  14. www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/ Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Co-ordination of travel - Towards Sustainable Transport

  15. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Co-ordination of local food supply chains - Towards Sustainable Food www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/

  16. www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/ Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Towards Sustainable communities – Community Land Trusts

  17. www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/ Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement Towards Sustainable communities – Green Buildings and Homes

  18. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • How to engage whole communities? • The value of local knowledge: • “Local people know best what needs to be done to promote the sustainability of their area” • (UK Sustainable Communities Act. 2007) • - The value of lay as well as professional knowledge

  19. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • How to engage whole communities? • In addition to specific skills, stronger generic skills, knowledge and training will prove essential. • Including: • project management - inclusive visioning • leadership - process management • stakeholder management - conflict resolution • customer awareness - analysis • team and partnership working • (Egan 2004)

  20. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • How to engage whole communities? • Key behaviours: • creativity • strategic thinking • being open to change • awareness of assumptions • flexibility • entrepreneurialism • co-operation • (Egan 2004)

  21. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • Conclusions: community engagement and social innovation • Consider how the various members and sectors of community can be engaged and motivated to participate in delivering strategies, actions and activities within their own community • Consider how community and third sector groups can be encouraged to work with the public sector in order that a series of initiatives can be scaled-up • Identify key sustainability issues (for example, food, transport, energy, waste) which can be used as a focal point to stimulate activity • Identify significant individuals/ groups who will be able to encourage participation of others and act as intermediaries between the community and government departments

  22. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement • Conclusions: community engagement and social innovation • - Examine the demands likely to be placed on existing skills and knowledge base of public sector employees to make progress towards sustainable city-regions through a community engagement informed approach • Identify opportunities to incorporate community sustainability initiatives in local development strategies • Review how community groups can best be supported to address any current skills and expertise deficits, and ask the right questions to determine their future sustainability requirements

  23. Planning for Sustainable City-Regions: Community Engagement THANK YOU! Acknowledgement: All of the case study examples of social innovation used in the presentation are sourced from Stroud, England. Their energy and dedication to sustainable place making, and the time they have given to Cardiff University researchers since initial contact was made in 2007, deserves special acknowledgement. Dr Alex Franklin Sustainable Places Research Institute Cardiff University UK franklina1@cardiff.ac.uk www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/sustainableplaces/

More Related