scholarly journals The perceptions and priorities of professionals in health and social welfare and city planning for creating a healthy living environment: a concept mapping study

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Mourits ◽  
Koos van der Velden ◽  
Gerard Molleman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Mapping Tool ◽  
Living Environments

Abstract Background It is helpful for collaboration if professionals from the field of health and social welfare and the field of city planning are aware of each other’s concepts of what a healthy living environment entails and what its components are. This study examined perceptions about creating a healthy living environment of professionals from these two fields, as well as the differences between them. Methods We recruited 95 professionals from Nijmegen, the Netherlands who worked in the fields of health, social welfare and city planning in governmental and non-governmental capacities. We used the concept mapping method to collect and analyse their thoughts on healthy living environments. Participants first submitted statements on this subject in a brainstorming session, using an online mapping tool. Then they sorted these statements and rated them on priorities and opportunities within urban planning processes. Results During the brainstorm, 43 professionals generated 136 statements. After the elimination of duplicates, 92 statements were individually sorted by 32 professionals. Concept mapping software was used to create an overall map, in which the statements were sorted into ten clusters. Each of these clusters represented one of the main features of a healthy living environments. After 36 participants rated these statements, it emerged that professionals from both fields agreed on priorities and opportunities for the clusters ‘Spatial quality’ and ‘Conducive to exercise’. Professionals also agreed on which three clusters had the fewest priorities and possibilities (‘Promotes personal wellbeing’, ‘Encourages healthy choices’, ‘Conducive to social connections’). Conclusion We found that professionals in health and social welfare and city planning have similar views concerning the most and least important features of a healthy living environment in urban planning process. This could indicate that the differences between the two fields may be more nuanced and specific than previously thought. This knowledge offers perspectives for professionals to strengthen their collaboration and to come to a joint result in urban planning projects.

scholarly journals Do perspectives on healthy environment differ between health/social professionals and urban planners?

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽  
Author(s):  
K Mourits ◽  
K Van der Velden ◽  
G Molleman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Social Connectivity ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Planning Processes ◽  
The City

Abstract Background In a multidisciplinary collaboration it is essential that professionals understand from each other what is meant by a healthy environment and of what aspects it consists. However, the field of health and social welfare and the field of urban planning differ in many aspects, including language. Therefore, this study examined: what is the perception of professionals in the field of health and social welfare and in the field of urban planning about a healthy living environment? And do these perceptions differ? Methods Using the concept mapping method, 94 professionals (government and non government) in the city of Nijmegen(NL) were asked to generate statements on healthy living environment. Next, the professionals sorted these statements and rated them on priority and opportunity within urban planning processes. Results In the brainstorm 45 professionals generated 136 statements. After clearing doubles, 92 statements were sorted by 32 professionals. Which, after analysis, resulted in a map of ten different clusters together indicating what professionals perceive as aspects of a healthy living environment. There was agreement on priority and opportunity between both groups of professionals regards clusters urban quality and invited to move. The two groups professionals have different views about five clusters. Professionals of both fields agree on the three clusters with the least priority and possibilities. Interesting is the relatively limited possibilities that professionals see to stimulate healthy behavior and to improve social connectivity in urban planning. Conclusions There is a consistency between professionals in the field of health and social welfare and in the field of urban planning about the most and least important aspects of healthy environment in urban planning process. It is interesting to see that, although there is a lot of agreement, there are also relevant nuances between both groups on priority and possibilities at 5 out of 10 clusters. Key messages There is a consistency about the most and least important aspects of healthy environment in urban planning process. It depends on the aspect of a healthy living environment if understanding and collaboration between professionals easy is.

Group Communication in City Planning Decisions (on the example urban projects of Moscow region)

Communicology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 53-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.A. Samoylova ◽  
O.A. Zhirkov ◽  
S.V. Belkin
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Communicative Interaction ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Planning Decisions ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Planning Development ◽  
Political Economic

The authors set out the basics of urban planning policy and represent the capabilities of modern information and communication tools for an integrated way of fixing the material and intangible world for urban planning purposes in the living environment (material and spatial environment). Namely, the possibilities of communication in the field of urban planning development carried out in the context of many circumstances cover federal, regional, municipal and corporate levels of management, while taking into account political, economic, social and technological relevant factors, as well as historical and national special aspects and urban planning typology of territories. The authors describe the operation of the developed computer program Decision Support Solutions (DSS) for evaluating decision options by interested participants in urban planning activities for various urban planning types of territories. The relevance of the article is driven by the need for practical use and legalization of the presented communicative interaction. This will facilitate the identification and solution of conflicts at the pre-project stage of urban planning, as should help to consider the requirements of consumers and their support for ongoing decisions and actions of public authorities at all levels.

PLACE-MAKING: APPLICATION IN THE CITY PLANNING PROCESS

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
pp. 47-54
Author(s):  
A. A. Lekomtseva ◽  
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A. N. Khatskelevich ◽  
G. A. Gimranova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Place Making ◽  
City Administration ◽  
Business Structures ◽  
The City

Currently, there is a significant increase in the need to include residents in the urban planning process, in which they, along with other actors (for example, the city administration, developers, business structures) will become participants in making decisions about the fate of urban space. Interacting with the residents, the authorities directly receive feedback that helps to prevent the discontent of the population with respect to those or other decisions. The article considers some aspects of population involvement in urban planning as one of the primary tasks of urban planners.

Der Wettbewerb für den Wiederaufbau Am Steintor in Goch am Niederrhein

Architectura ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 146-157
Author(s):  
Moritz Wild
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Common Good ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Private Interests ◽  
Design Competition ◽  
History Of ◽  
Planning Office ◽  
German Cities ◽  
The City

AbstractIn the reconstruction of German cities after the Second World War, public administrations attempted to find solutions for essential urban situations through targeted competitions. In the city of Goch on the Lower Rhine the area around the medieval Steintor (Stone Gate) had to be adapted to modern traffic requirements. In the course of the urban planning the private interests of the residents who were willing to build up clashed with the planned construction as a concern of the common good, which was represented by the district government of Düsseldorf. The solution was to be found through an urban design competition among selected experts, from whose proposals the City Planning Office drew up an alignment plan. The exemplary recapitulation of this urban planning process illustrates aspects of the history of planning, monument preservation and reconstruction competitions

Recovering the Urban Past for Equitable Present and Future Social Recovery

2020 ◽  
pp. 147-158
Author(s):  
Ian Morley
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Public Space ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Physical And Mental Health ◽  
Social Recovery

A multitude of determinants influence the urban planning process. Yet, in the contemporary context of an ongoing pandemic causing infirmity and death in more than 1,500 cities, how can examples of urban planning from history, namely ones that sought to boost public health, (re)shape the current urban planning paradigm? Is there a need in the light of the global impact of Covid-19 to re-evaluate the value of past planning models and so, in accordance, rethink present-day urban density management and public space creation? In consequence, this paper puts forward an overview of how city planning and public health have historically interlinked, albeit with reference to 19th century Britain and the establishment of public parks. Used communally by assorted social groups such green spaces were considered to be crucial for physical and mental health. Crucially too, these open areas are still a fundamental element of the 21st century British cityscape and, arguably, as part of the present and future social recovery from Covid-19, will play a vital role in public life and well-being.

The Beginning of French Urbanism

2018 ◽  
pp. 175-220
Author(s):  
Kory Olson
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Social Reform ◽  
Green Space ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Healthy Living ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Better Regulation ◽  
Living Environments ◽  
Regulation Of Growth

This chapter examines Leon Jaussely’s 1919 Projet lauréat de la section générale du concours du plan d’extension de Paris (Plan d’extension) as a result of the 1919 loi Cornudet, which proposed that any French city with a population greater than 10,000 submit a ‘projet d’aménagement, d’embellissement et d’extension.’ The legislation grew in part from the influence of the Musée social movement, which became the focal point of studies of hygiene, social reform, and ultimately urbanism. The Musée social pushed for the better regulation of growth and the incorporation of more green space into French urban agglomerations. Jaussely joined with Roger-Henri Expert and Henri Sellier to submit their Projet lauréat, which won the première prime prize, Jaussely used the map to address what he, Expert, and Sellier wished to see in a modern French metropolis. Jaussely’s sizeable hand-painted Plan d’extension marks the beginning of modern urban planning in France. Jaussely incorporates recommendations healthy living environments for residents and visitors. New parks and cités jardins in the suburbs incorporate usable green space. In addition, new ports, aérogares, and rail stations on the agglomeration’s edge ensure ease of movement over the large expanse of territory.

scholarly journals The role of public insight in urban planning process: Increasing efficiency and effectiveness

Spatium ◽  
2013 ◽  
pp. 33-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasa Danilovic-Hristic ◽  
Nebojsa Stefanovic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Planning ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Legal Basis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness

Public interest (citizens, investors, interest groups, NGOs, media and similar) in the urban planning process and proposed planning solutions, certainly is not negligible, however, according to the opinion of the professional public, it has often been wrongly directed and conducted. The legal basis, which in rudimentary outlines prescribes the procedure of the public insight/hearing, i.e. the presentation of the planning document, does not provide sufficient input, however, also does not prevent organization of more qualitative and productive communication with the interested individuals, not only at the very finalization of plan development, but also at the initial phases of the initiative for decision making or forming the conceptual solution. In order to better comprehend the real needs of the citizens, urban planners should much earlier than the public insight i.e. presentation of already formed solutions, get in touch with citizens, interview them, organize workshops, insights and meetings on specific topics, trying to explain the planning procedures, standards and norms, as well as to present all that which is required in order to raise the quality of life in the neighborhood and provide some level of public interest and good, and thus increase the value of real estate. On the other hand, the citizens knowing their living environment the best should participate more actively in its creation, by indicating to the problems and needs, reacting to certain topics and thus assisting the professionals in shaping and committing their planning solutions. To that respect this paper provides certain recommendations, based on international experience, by implementation of which the satisfactory level of democracy (more transparency, inclusivity and effectiveness) of the procedure should be provided in Serbia as well.

scholarly journals Urban planning in Russia and international standard for assessing the impact on the environment of BREEAM Communities

Vestnik MGSU ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1168-1181
Author(s):  
Nadezhda A. Samoylova
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Assessment Method ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Practical Procedure ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
International Assessment ◽  
The Impact

Introduction. In order to implement the decisions of the Rio De Janeiro Conference 1992, the Russian President’s Decrees of 04.02.1994 No. 236 “On the State Strategy of the Russian Federation for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development” and from 01.04.1996 No. 440 “On the Concept of the Transition of the Russian Federation to Sustainable Development” were adopted. The Russian Urban Planning Codes of 1998 and 2005 laid the foundations for sustainable development of the territories in the field of urban planning. The 2005 Russian Urban Planning Code lacks applied provisions, which present all the requirements for urban documentation, and would set out an applied practical procedure for their preparation. This was due to numerous changes of Code. In accordance with the goals and objectives set in Russia to improve the quality and comfort of the living environment, it is necessary to use scientific and educational activities on the development of the territories and improve the specific requirements for urban planning documentation and its assessment to meet legitimate requirements, including foreign ones. Materials and methods. Comparative analysis of regulatory documents, scientific and practical review of information on the topic of urban planning regulation of sustainable development, based on the international assessment method BREEAM, which was developed in 1990 by the British state organization BRE Global. Results. The foundations of Russian and international urban planning regulation for sustainable development are outlined: overview and facts of the international assessment method BREEAM, incl. BREEAM Communities; basics of urban planning and regulation: information on the demand for urban planning, environmental, interdisciplinary technologies. BREEAM Communities certification for interested participants in urban planning activities is a kind of insurance and separation of responsibility of public authorities for approved (agreed) city planning documents. Conclusions. We believe that the method of certification known abroad as BREEAM, i.e. assessing the compliance of both planned and existing facilities and territories to certain requirements, will gain legitimacy and popularity in the Russian Federation. This is due to the adaptation of the international BREEAM assessment to the domestic regulatory framework (BREEAM RU), as well as to the educational programs for the training of BREEAM, including “BREEAM Communities”.

scholarly journals Revisiting China’s Sponge City Planning Approach: Lessons From a Case Study on Qinhuai District, Nanjing

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiyang Chen ◽  
Frans H. M. van de Ven ◽  
Chris Zevenbergen ◽  
Simon Verbeeck ◽  
Qinghua Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Urban Planning ◽  
City Planning ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Sponge City ◽  
Planning Approach ◽  
Nanjing City

Integrating sustainable urban water management into the urban planning process is essential for developing water-resilient cities. To this end, the central government of the People’s Republic of China initiated the “Sponge City” programme. However, challenges and gaps exist in current urban planning practice. The operationalizable planning approach to realise the multiple objectives of Sponge City is missing in the existing guidelines. Using a local example of Sponge City planning in Nanjing City as a case study, this paper outlines the current Sponge City approach from the perspectives of planning content and planning process. A qualitative comparative analysis between Nanjing’s Sponge City planning and Auckland Water Sensitive Design, as well as an evaluation of the Sponge City approach through the lens of Dutch urban water management, identified key missing elements that would enhance the current Sponge City planning approach. Examples include targets for pluvial flood protection, a strategy for planning interventions, and tools for interdisciplinary cooperation in the planning process. This enhanced approach was successfully applied in the Sponge City planning for Qinhuai District, Nanjing City. Nevertheless, challenges on data availability and the decision-makers’ mindsets called for more efforts on the interface of research and policy development for upscaling the Sponge City approach.

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