Community Planning: Integrating social and physical environments

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Phil Heywood (Department of Urban And Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

Community Planning

Integrating social and physical environments

Phil Heywood (Department of Urban And Regional Planning, Queensland University of Technology, Australia)

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English

Wiley-Blackwell
08 April 2011

City & town planning - architectural aspects; Urban & municipal planning

This key planning textbook on designing healthy and sustainable communities informs planners about community life and the processes of planning and equips them with the essential knowledge and skills they need to organise change and improve the quality of urban living.

The author examines the impacts of social and economic change on community life and organization and explores ways in which these changes can be planned and managed. Community planning is presented as a means to balance and integrate beneficial change with the maintenance of valued cultural traditions and life styles. This involves bringing together fields of study and practice including urban and regional planning, design, communication, housing, community organization, employment, transport, and governance. Links drawn between personal values, human activities, physical spaces and societal governance assist this process of synthesis.

Establishing a common vocabulary to discuss planning - for urban and regional planners, including health planners; and open space planners - enables both students and practitioners to work with each other and with those for whom they provide services to create stronger, healthier and more sustainable communities.

The aims and roles of community planning are explored and the key planning operations are explained, including the phases and applications of community planning method; the planning and location of community facilities; the roles of design in shaping responsive community spaces; and the capacity of different types of community governance to improve the relations between citizens and societies.

The book is organized into two main parts: after the first three chapters have established the interests and scope of community planning, the next six each moves from an account of issues and theoretical concerns, through a review of case studies, to summaries of leading practice. This positive approach is intended to encourage readers to develop their own capacities for effective participation and action. The concluding chapter draws together the contributions of preceding ones to demonstrate the integrity of the community planning process

Supplementary website: www.wiley.com/go/heywood

By: Phil Heywood (Department of Urban And Regional Planning Queensland University of Technology Australia)
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9781405198875
ISBN 10: 1405198877
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 08 April 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Phil Heywood is a Fellow and former President of the Queensland Division of the Planning Institute of Australia, and has worked and taught in regional and local planning in Australia, Britain, West Africa and Malaysia. He has been head of planning schools in UK and Australia, and is currently Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.

Reviews for Community Planning: Integrating social and physical environments

"""So this is a good time to distil key messages from experiences with community planning, and an international perspective can help. Phil Heywood's new book ""Community Planning: Integrating Social and Physical Environments"" is a good place to start. It includes a compelling case study of the practice of design-led local community involvement in Northern Queensland."" (Cliff Hague World View, 1 August 2011) ""This volume is a most welcomed contribution to the social planning literature from the highly respected and esteemed academic Phil Heywood. Its tone and tenor echoes his passionate effervescent teaching, scholarship and advocacy across the broad spectrum that is community and social planning and is an engaging read throughout, from the preface to the conclusion."" (Australian Planner, 2014, vol.51, no.3, 281-292) "