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Participatory Research and Planning in Practice

  • Presents participatory planning theory and methodology, using practical cases to do so
  • Reveals the potential that participatory planning holds in many different fields (transport planning, strategic planning, cultural heritage management, post-earthquake recovery, and environmental planning, among others)
  • Provides recommendations on the successful use of participatory planning in practice
  • Open Access publication

Part of the book series: The Urban Book Series (UBS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Co-production and Resilient Cities to Climate Change

    • Isabel Ruiz-Mallén
    Pages 1-11Open Access
  3. Governance and Management Systems in Mediterranean Marine and Coastal Biosphere Reserves

    • Loredana T. Alfarè, Engelbert Ruoss, Amina Boumaour
    Pages 51-73Open Access
  4. Promises and Limits of Participatory Urban Greens Development: Experience from Maribor, Budapest, and Krakow

    • Martin Pogačar, Jasna Fakin Bajec, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Aleš Smrekar, Jernej Tiran
    Pages 75-89Open Access
  5. Review of the Participatory and Community-Based Approach in the Housing Cooperative Sector

    • Danaja Visković Rojs, Maša Hawlina, Brigita Gračner, Rok Ramšak
    Pages 91-106Open Access
  6. Introduced Conservation Agriculture Programs in Samoa: The Role of Participatory Action Research

    • Stephanie Ramona O’Connor Sulifoa, Linda J. Cox
    Pages 133-145Open Access
  7. Stakeholder Analysis for (Mediterranean) Wetland Governance: The Case of Ljubljansko Barje Nature Park, Slovenia

    • Aleš Smrekar, Katarina Polajnar Horvat, Daniela Ribeiro
    Pages 169-184Open Access
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 221-227

About this book

This open access book provides in-depth insights into participatory research and planning by presenting practical examples of its use. In particular, it describes theoretical and methodological aspects of participatory research and planning, as well as the implementation of participatory processes in fields such as transport planning, cultural heritage management, environmental planning and post-earthquake recovery. Further, it compares participatory planning experiences from different territorial levels – from the macro-regional, e.g. Southeastern Europe, Mediterranean or European metropolitan regions, to national, regional and local levels.

The book will help researchers, planners, public administration officials, decision-makers and the general public to understand the advantages, disadvantages and constraints of participatory planning and research. Using various examples, it will guide readers through the theory of participatory planning and research, its methods, and different perspectives on how to use it in practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Janez Nared, David Bole

About the editors

Dr Janez Nared is a senior research fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, and an assistant professor at the University of Primorska, Faculty of Humanities. His research interests include regional planning, participatory planning, governance and economic geography. He has been a principal investigator/project manager of various applied research projects.


Dr David Bole is a geographer and senior research fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute. His interests are mainly in urban and economic geography with a focus on participatory research methods and community involvement. He has been involved in several international projects and is the principal investigator of the BRIGHT FUTURE project, which focuses on alternative futures for small industrial towns across Europe.



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