Grassroots Organisations and the New Urban Agenda
October 20, 2016
I managed to visit all three major counter events happening in Quito during Habitat III.
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In this section, people are telling their stories about participation. It is intended as an inspirational collection of voices, ideas and experiences from urban neighbourhoods all over the world. The opportunity to participate or make one’s voice heard is usually most limited in informal settlements or poor neighbourhoods. Therefore, these stories focus on ideas for more urban participation in poorer communities. Do you have a story to share from your neighbourhood? Get in touch with me!
I managed to visit all three major counter events happening in Quito during Habitat III.
Two projects in Quito’s La Mariscal neighbourhood are examples of urban revival.
A critical view of the improved, but still flawed public participation process leading up to Habitat III.
The main criticisms regarding the New Urban Agenda are its vagueness, the lacking linkages to the SDGS and former HABITAT documents, the focus on cities, neo-liberal tendencies and a grave shortfall of follow-up mechanisms.
The Informed Cities Conference in Dresden was about sustainability in cities and how to achieve it. In this post, I focus on change and trouble makers and on mechanisms for sustainability transitions.
In this report from the Metropolitan Solutions Conference I talk about smart cities and their lack of possibilities for participation.
This is my brief account of the European Habitat Conference in Prague, focusing on a keynote on liveable cities by Prof. Jan Gehl.
This guest article from Citiscope explores avenues for participation in HABITAT III documents and gives insights into SDI’s work with community data.
This introduction to the 2016 conference HABITAT III gives an overview of the high hopes for future urban development and partcipatory potentials and shortcomings.
In this introductory text on participatory urban planning, I explain the importance of this approach and the different methods there are to achieve urban development powered by citizens.
In this first article I will try to give you an overview of the concept and different forms of participation with a focus on community participation.
