Journal of Place Management and Development: Volume 11 Issue 2

Editorial

Ares Kalandides

Citizen participation: towards a framework for policy assessment

Ares Kalandides

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the academic debate on participatory urban development in two ways: first, by proposing a methodological framework though which urban…

Exploring theoretical trends in placemaking: towards new perspectives in spatial planning

Wessel Strydom, Karen Puren, Ernst Drewes

While placemaking is a multi-disciplinary concern, it is a key focus within the discipline of spatial planning. This paper aims to explore the development of theoretical trends…

Rethinking participation: lessons from a municipal market in Athens

Dina Vaiou

The paper aims to propose (re)thinking participation, a much-debated issue in urban studies, planning and development, both in its grass-roots and its institutional versions.

From placemaking to sustainability citizenship: An evolution in the understanding of community realised public spaces in Bogotá’s informal settlements

Beau Bradley Beza, Jaime Hernández-Garcia

Placemaking is an established practice and research field. It takes on a spatial dimension created through a socio-political process where value and meaning are assigned to…

Placemaking and urban gardening: Himmelbeet case study in Berlin

Toni Karge

This paper aims to examine urban community gardens from the urban planning perspective. The paper analyses the Berlin case study Himmelbeet and its relation to the concept of…

Participatory place-making in the renewal of post-Communist large prefabricated housing estate: Újpalota case study, Budapest

Melinda Benkő, Regina Balla, Gergely Hory

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a Central-European perspective into the international discussion of the participatory place-making. The research focuses on the renewal…

From community participation to co-design: “Quartiere bene comune” case study

Martina Carra, Nicoletta Levi, Giulia Sgarbi, Chiara Testoni

This paper aims to contribute to research in the field of social innovation and participatory policies through the analysis of the experimental “Quartiere bene comune” project…