This article was written for the Kinharvie Facilitation Network, in my role as a member of the Network’s steering group. Although written for facilitators, it is just as relevant for planners. Kinharvie Facilitation Network is based at the excellent Kinharvie Institute of Facilitation in Glasgow, which offers excellent training in group facilitation and other similar […]
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city visioning: why it’s worthwhile
For years, I’ve struggled with the concept of visioning. It’s always seemed to me like a bunch of well-meaning folk agree a motherhood-and-apple-pie vision for whatever it is they’re discussing – the condition of the roads, their town centre, law and order, whatever – and encapsulate it in a couple of positive sentences that says […]
engaging policy-making
Engaging with communities is a big focus in contemporary urban planning – and a focus for a great deal of uncertainty about how to get it right. Most discussion tends to focus on how to involve “the community” in developing proposals for specific places, or in drawing up particular strategies or plans. But should we […]