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Cross-Cultural Collaborations and Inclusive Participation: the Pacific Rim Community Design Network

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Day / Time Wednesday, June 21st / 16:30 - 18:30 


Event Description

Community participation in local planning has become a common practice in democratized societies around the Pacific Rim. To various extents, it has contributed to a more inclusive approach in local planning and urban governance. This event will connect professionals and scholars in participatory community planning. Through presentation of cases, roundtable and group discussion we will share insights and compare experiences of how participatory planning is conducted at the community level and in different social and institutional contexts. The event seeks to expand an existing network of practitioners and researchers focusing on participatory community planning in the Pacific Rim, and involve individuals and organizations from the developing countries in the region and beyond. Through this event and follow-up discussions, we plan to formulate agenda for future collaboration across countries and regions. 


Session Language

English


Speakers

Mayumi Hayashi

Margarita Hill

John K-C. Liu


Host Organization

Pacific Rim Community Design Network 


Host Organization Description

In countries and regions across the Pacific Rim, participatory community design has become an increasingly important component of the urban planning and design process. From advocacy planning and citizen participation developed in the United States, models of participatory community design now can also be found in Japan, Taiwan Province of China, and Hong Kong. The Pacific Rim Community Design Network was launched following a working conference at University of California, Berkeley in 1998. This conference brought together leading community design scholars and practitioners from Japan, Taiwan and United States. The purpose of the conference was to provide the practitioners and scholars working in the field of participatory design and planning across the Pacific Rim region with an opportunity to share and compare each other's experiences and advance their practice and research. Through conferences and joint projects, the network has provided a vehicle for collaboration and mutual support, as well as a forum for comparative understanding of community design in the fast changing political and social context of the Pacific Rim. 


Website

faculty.washington.edu/jhou/pacrim.htm

depts.washington.edu/nwclc/

www.caup.washington.edu/larch/

www.calpoly.edu/~larc/

www.ours.org.tw/

view.megacitysite.com/

 

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Title of Event:


Name of Organisation:

Date and time of the session:

Cross-cultural Collaboration and Inclusive Participation

Pacific Rim Community Design Network

21 June 2006, 16:30 to 18:30


Key Highlights

  1. Estimated no of participants: 50
  2. Stakeholder group representation at the event: researchers, professionals, city staff and officials, students, NGO organizers
  3. What were the expected objectives: Introduction to the Pacific Rim Community Design Network and expansion of the network through the event.
  4. What did the networking event achieve: Sharing of lessons and experiences; suggestions for the future directions; expanded network and contact.

2. What were the core issues identified in your event as they relate to the theme and sub-themes of WUFIII?

  1. With social and demographic change in communities and cities around the world, there is a growing need to address the challenge of involving citizens from multiple cultural and social backgrounds.
  2. While the practice of participatory planning and governance becomes increasingly common, there are continued practical challenges and institutional barriers.

3. What were the main points raised by panellists and participants in relation to these different issues? What new ideas have been generated as a result of the discussion?

  1. Many of the challenges facing inclusive participatory practices are common across different contexts.
  2. There is an increasing array of innovative, collaborative and participatory practices and experiences that can be shared among practitioners, communities, and cities.
  3. There is a need for greater collaboration and exchange of knowledge and experience in order to improve the current practice.

4. What process steps have been identified in your event that could help turn ideas into operational reality?

  1. Many participants have signed up to join the network to maintain contact with each other and pursue possible collaborative efforts.
  2. The Pacific Rim-based network is open to practitioners in other regions.
  3. The expanded network allows for sharing of a greater body of knowledge and experiences that enable local practitioners to deal with common sets of challenges and barriers.

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