Child-friendly cities prioritize safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and children's participation in decision-making processes. However, children are consulted only for ideas and ...

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the ...

The Poor Rural Communities Development Project (2005-2011) was implemented in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi in China. The project helped to explore, develop and promote a number ...

The IDS Participation, Inclusion and Social Change cluster is excited to announce the launch of the newly revamped ‘Participatory Methods’ website. The relaunch brings an array of new features and ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)—The Department of Economy, Planning, and Development (DEPDev), formerly the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), continues to promote inclusive planning by ...

Urban and regional planning is a dynamic discipline that has evolved from traditional, top‐down approaches to embrace interdisciplinary and participatory methods. It integrates spatial analysis, ...

"Instead, it views participation as ceremonial and uses weaker, top-down forms of participation, such as informing residents of decisions that have already been taken,” says Mahomedy, a post-doctoral ...

a) What is a Participatory Assessment? A Participatory Assessment is a process of building partnerships with refugee women and men of all ages and backgrounds by promoting meaningful participation ...