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Global Planners Network Networking Event
Spatial Planning and the Right to the City
An RTPI Perspective
RTPI: International Focus
• Founded in 1914• 1000+ members live & work in 90
countries• Network with planners worldwide• Certify planning schools• Major contribution to urban
research
New Vision for Planning
6 core themes:– Spatial: all places have unique needs &
characteristics – Integrative: in terms of knowledge, objectives,
sectors and actions– Sustainable: looks at the short, medium and long
term issues– Inclusive: recognises the wide range of people
involved– Value-driven: concerned with identifying,
understanding and mediating conflicting sets of values
– Action-oriented: concerned with outcomes.
2009 International Strategic Review
• FOCUS
concentrate on the things we are good at, which are: - Advocacy, - Building capacity and
- Communicating and networking.
• MISSION
to promote spatial planning internationally & develop its capacity to secure territorial cohesion and sustainable human settlements in all parts of the world.
New Vision for Planning
Operates at all scales:– National, – regional, – cities, – towns, – villages and – neighbourhoods.
PLANNING SUSTAINABLE CITIESGLOBAL REPORT ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS 2009
The Global Report argues that future urban planning must take place within an understanding of the factors shaping 21st-century cities including:
• Environmental• Demographic• Economic• Spatial Inequality• Urban Sprawl• Democratisation and the
rights of ordinary people
Successful spatial planning is inclusive...
Spatial planning must:– Respect difference, – Include all in the process of change;– Reduce social and spatial inequalities. Not
create new ones;– Negotiated through processes that are
• transparent, and • subject to scrutiny and arbitration;
– Result in a shared commitment to act.
GPN Self Diagnostic Tool• Self-diagnostic – respondents position themselves
rather than measure against external norms• Assess planning capacity to respond to challenges• Identify priorities • Evidence base for world wide planning capacity • Identify gaps – geographically and functionally• Helps consider resource priorities
• 1500 responses from 100+ countries
Q2: ‘In your country what are the main challenges that require planning skills?’
• Open ended question• This was their first key
thoughts• 61 % of all respondents
identified issues of Poverty & Inequality
• Poverty & Inequality are big issues for planners
How can planning make a difference?
Respondents identify four core priorities:1. Balanced Settlements
2. Improving Quality of Life
3. Harmonious Environment
4. Stakeholder Engagement
Balanced Settlements for addressing poverty and inequality
“preventing spatially institutionalised poverty and inequality”
• Utilising space to encourage- local employment opportunities- service opportunities - viable transport & mobility- affordable housing- capital investment to poorer areas
• Equitable distribution of - resources- burdens - benefits
Engagement & Inclusion for addressing poverty and inequality
• decision making about land use affects people unequally
• planning processes using mediation can offer a structured way to negotiate interests
• balance competing, economic, social and environmental objectives in a transparent way
Perceived barriers to planning
• Respondents think planners should be doing more
• Big differences between what planning could do and what it is doing.
What holds planning back?
1. Context • Institutional• Lack of support by Government and wider
society
2. Capacity• Skills• Information• Resources