The community planning event manual : how to use collaborative planning and urban design events to improve your environment / compiled and edited by Nick Wates ; foreword by HRH the Prince of Wales ; introduction by John Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wates, Nick.

Thompson, John.

Charles III, King of Great Britain, 1948-

Prince's Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community development--Planning--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Community development.

Planning--Citizen participation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Earthscan, 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Want to improve your village? Your town? Your city? A community planning event may be just what you have been waiting for. All over the world people are organizing dynamic collaborative events to improve their surroundings. For a few intensive days, everyone concerned gets an opportunity to have their say and be involved - residents, businesses, professionals and politicians. It's effective and it's fun.From Nick Wates, author of the hugely successful Community Planning Handbook, comes this Event Manual, the first on the subject, which explains why and how to organize community planning events

Contents:

Cover; The Community Planning Event Manual; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales; Introduction by John Thompson; Using this book; Chapter 1: Overview; Philosophy; Key features of Community Planning Events; Benefits of Community Planning Events; Why Community Planning Events work; Community Planning Event process; Chapter 2: Getting started; Taking the plunge; Organisation; Support bodies; Funding; Chapter 3: Preparation; Managing; Motivating people; Team selection; Student support; Information gathering; Publicity; Venues; Fittings and services

Equipment and suppliesComputers and information technology; Chapter 4: The event; Timetabling; Sample timetables for some event types; Collaborative Design Workshop; Community Planning Weekend; Enquiry by Design; Reinvigorate; Stakeholder Participation Day; Briefing; Topic workshops; Opening plenary workshop; Design workshops; Design workshop variations; Plenary report backs; Team working; Report production; Sample reports; Public presentation; Chapter 5: Follow-up; What next?; Evaluation; Appendices; Brief history; Publications and sources; Contacts; Early events listing

Case study snapshotsGlossary; Flowchart perspectives; Community Planning Event summary; Community Planning Event planner; Acknowledgements; Spreading good practice; Photo and illustration credits; Quotation credits; Index; About the authors

Notes:

"With the generous support of The Academy of Urbanism, English Partnerships, John Thompson & Partners, and The Prince's Foundation"-T.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-111) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-55454-8

1-136-55455-6

1-281-82736-3

1-4356-9111-3

9786611827366

600-00-1118-0

1-84977-293-2

9781849772938

OCLC:

298630113