They bring the human aspect into the equation by involving people directly in decision-making processes. We frequently speak on behalf of those with the softest voices: low-income people, women, children and young people, older people, people with a disability. Often we are the voice of Nature and sustainability.
Clara Greed in Social Town Planning: Planning and Social Policy (Routledge, 1999) argues that:
Social town planning may broadly be defined as any movement to introduce policies that take into account more fully the needs of the diversity of human beings who live in our towns and cities.
I use this definition but add to it a consideration for nonhuman Nature, working with this ethic to achieve integration of human-based needs and desires with environmental sustainability.
I am strongly committed to working at the cutting edge of research and policy and abreast of current research. I have reviewed the literature on topics as wide-ranging as community participation, demographic change, park planning and design, crime prevention, visitation to national parks and social issues associated with medium-density and high-rise housing. |
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