Voices from Kibera, Kenya
Michelle, Isaac and Lorna share insights about how Covid-19 is affected informal settlements in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. In their interviews, they talk about the specific challenges that the pandemic brings, and about community-based solutions.
When Your First Place is Also Your Second and Your Third – Reimagining Public Space During Covid-19
Exceptional circumstances, such as the current pandemic, have important consequences for urban planning. Here, I look into public spaces and the changing idea of three places.
Blogging as a Participatory Tool
Blogging about neighbourhood developments and urban planning initiatives can be a valuable tool for citizens, local governments and urban planners alike.
4 Ways to Improve Your City Through Community Participation
parCitypatory is four years old today, which is why I am sharing four starting points as ideas for participating in your own city.
How Can We Make Our Cities More Resilient to Pandemics?
This article discusses how urban planners can make our cities more resilient, based on what we learned from the Covid-19 crisis.
