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Publications & Films

Action Planning for Cities
Catagory: book
A guide to community practice, John Wiley & Sons, Nabeel Hamdi and Reinhard Goethert, 1997, 0-471-96928-1
Well illustrated textbook on the theory and practice of community planning in developing countries

The Change Handbook
Catagory: book
Group methods for shaping the future, Berrett-Koehler, Peggy Holman and Tom Devane, 1999, 1-57675-058-2
Guide to 18 change strategies for tapping human potential in organisations and communities.

4B
Catagory: book
Project development, monitoring and evaluation in disaster situations, Citizensâ?? Disaster Response Center, Merdi Jean Arcilla et al (eds), 1998, 971-9031-00-X
Handy local guide with useful methods produced in the Philippines.(Centre for Disaster Preparedness.)

Action Planning
Catagory: book
How to use planning weekends and urban design action teams to improve your environment, Prince of Wales\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Institute of Architecture, Nick Wates, 1996, 1-898465-11-8
Also in Chinese, German, Czechfrom the Shop on www.nickwates.co.uk
Illustrated how-to-do-it handbook

At Risk
Catagory: book

Brick by Brick
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
How to develop a community building, English Partnerships, 1997
Guide for organisations wanting to build or refurbish property for community use.

Building Democracy
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
How to develop a community building, English Partnerships, 1997
Guide for organisations wanting to build or refurbish property for community use.

Building Design Pack
Catagory: Posters / Wallcharts
Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation., Regularly updated.
Provides the materials for a group to make an adaptable 3-dimensional model of an existing or new building.

Building Homes People Want
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
A guide to tenant involvement in the design and development of housing association homes, National Housing Federation, Pete Duncan and Bill Halsall, 1994, 0-86297-272-8NHF, Useful guide by and for practitioners. (NHF, 175 Gray's Inn Rd, London WC1X 8UP, UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7278 6571 Email: info@housing.org.uk
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Planning your Communitys Future
Catagory: reports / booklets

Changing Places
Catagory: book
Children's participation in environmental planning, The Children's Society, Eileen Adams & Sue Ingham, 1998, 1-899783-00-8
Practical guide for practitioners and teachers wishing to involve children in planning and design.

Chattanooga
Catagory: film
A community with a vision, Leonardo\\\'s Children Inc., Anne Macksoud, 1993
25 mins. Inspiring insight into a city-wide visioning process which has clearly achieved extraordinary results. (New Economics Foundation.)

Co-design
Catagory: book
A process of design participation, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Stanley King et al, 1989, 0-442-23333-7
Lovely, well illustrated guide to conducting design workshops, based on 197 case studies in the USA.

Cohousing
Catagory: book
A contemporary approach to housing ourselves, Habitat Press/Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, Kathryn McCamant & Charles Durrett, 1994, 0-89815-306-9
How to develop housing schemes with a strong shared element as pioneered in Denmark.

Communities Count!
Catagory: book
A step by step guide to community sustainability indicators, New Economics Foundation, Alex MacGillivray, Candy Weston & Catherine Unsworth, 1998, 1-899407-20-0
Handy guide to using indicators to measure trends that really matter and build an agenda for education and action.

Community Action Planning
Catagory: Posters / Wallcharts
Plan for Action, SIGUS Wall Charts, 1998, 22"x 28"
Wallchart providing an overview of the main steps in running a microplanning, or community action planning, field workshop. (SIGUS Wall Charts, School of Architecture and Planning, Room N52-357A, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Email: sigus@mit.edu Fax: +1 617 253 8221.)

Community & Sustainable Development
Catagory: book
Participation in the future, Earthscan, Diane Warburton(ed), 1998, 1-85383-531-5
Inspiring collection of writings on the current state of the art.

Community Architecture
Catagory: book
How people are creating their own environment, Penguin, Nick Wates & Charles Knevitt, 1987, 0-14-010428-3
Also in Chinese and Japanese(Text on www.nickwates.co.uk)
Overview of movement for community participation in architecture and planning. Also in Chinese and Japanese.

Community Design Primer
Catagory: book
, Ridge Times Press, Randolph T Hester, 1990, 0934203067
Good introduction to community design USA style with do-it-yourself training exercises for the would-be community designer.

Community Participation in Practice - The Community Participation Handbook
Catagory: book
, Institute for Science and Technology Policy, Murdoch University, Wendy Sarkissian, Andrea Cook and Kelvin Walsh
Excellent series of publications and film designed to assist community planning and design work. Comprises: â?¢ A Practical Guide, 1997,0-86905-556-9. Covers a range of useful methods, some pioneered in Australia. â?¢ The Workshop Checklist, 1994, 0-869053027. How-to for workshop organisers. â?¢ Casebook, 1994, 0-86905-363-9. Describes and illustrates 12 case studies from Australia. â?¢ Listening to all the voices, 28 min. video. Shows and debates methods in action. â?¢ The Community Participation Handbook; Resources for public involvement in the planning process, 1986, revised 1994, 0-86905-359-0. Practical and theoretical essays by a number of authors. Above items available individually or as a discounted package. (Murdoch University.)

Community Participation Methods in Design and Planning
Catagory: book
, Wiley, Henry Sanoff, 2000, 0-471-35545-3
Detailed, well-illustrated guide for professionals and students. Combines theoretical analysis with practical design games and international case study material for a broad range of applications.

Community Involvement in Planning and Development Processes
Catagory: book
, HMSO, Department of the Environment, 1994, 0-11-753007-7
Results of a planning research study which demonstrates the value of community participation.

Community Visions Pack
Catagory: Other
, New Economics Foundation, 1998
Contains how-to on setting up a community visioning exercise, briefings on future search, guided visualisation and participative theatre, and case studies.

The Connected City
Catagory: book
A new approach to making cities work, Urban Initiatives, Robert Cowan, 1997, 1-902193-008Urban Initiatives, 35 Heddon Street, London W1R 7LL, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7287 3644.
Includes checklists for preparing action plans for cities or neighbourhoods.

Creating a Design Assistance Team for Your Community
Catagory: book
, American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1996
Guidebook on the AIAâ??s Assistance Team Programme. Particularly useful for organisations wanting to set up their own support systems.

Development at risk?
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
Natural disasters and the third world, UN International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, John Twigg (ed), 1999(Tony Eades, RAE, 29 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3LW, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7222 2688. e-mail: eadesa@raeng.co.uk. web: www.gfzpotsdam.de/ewc98/
Clear,concise explanation of the differences within and between communities from a natural disasters perspective.

Disaster Mitigation
Catagory: book
A community-based approach, Oxfam,Oxford , Andrew Maskrey, 1989, 0-85598123-7
Seminal polemic

The Do-ers guide to Planning for Real Exercises
Catagory: book
, Neighbourhood Initiatives Foundation, Tony Gibson, 1998, 1-902556-06-2
Nicely illustrated explanation of Planning for Real.

Duke Street/Bold Street Planning Weekend
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
, John Thompson & Partners for English Partnerships, 1997(John Thompson & Partners â?? reports of other planning weekends in Europe also available.)
Good example of a detailed report of a community planning weekend.

Economics of Urban Villages
Catagory: book
, Urban Villages Forum, Tony Aldous (ed), 1995, 0-9519028-1-4(The Prince's Foundation.)
General guide on the practical realities of developing urban villages.

Effective working with rural communities
Catagory: book
, Packard Publishing, James Derounian, 1998, 1-85341-106-X
Includes a useful chapter on community appraisals.

Future Search
Catagory: book
An action guide to finding common ground in organisations and communities, Berrett-Koehler, Marvin R Weisboard and Sandra Janoff, 1995, 1-881052-12-5
Good step-by-step guide to running future search conferences.

From Place to Place
Catagory: book
Maps and parish maps, Common Ground, Sue Clifford and Angela King(eds), 1996, 1-870-364-163
The background and experience of parish mapping with contributions from several authors.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Catagory: book
Cities in crisis, Rod Hackney, Frederick Muller, 1990, 0-09-173939-X
Inspiring personal account of a crusade to help people shape their own environments by a pioneering community architect.

Good Practice Guide to Community Planning and Development
Catagory: book
, London Planning Advisory Committee, Michael Parkes, 1995(LPAC, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7222 2244.)
Detailed guide with case studies by a seasoned practitioner. (LPAC, Artillery House, Artillery Row, London SW1P 1RT, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7222 2244.)

The Guide to Effective Participation
Catagory: book
, Partnership Books, David Wilcox, 1994, 1-870298-00-4(David Wilcox, 1/43 Bartholomew Close, London EC1, UK http://www.partnerships.org.uk/guide/
Overview of general participation methods.

Social Sustainability
Catagory: book

The Guide to Development Trusts and Partnerships
Catagory: book
, Development Trusts Association, David Wilcox, 1998, 0-9531469-0-3Full text athttp://www.partnerships.org.uk/pguide/index.htm
Handbook aimed particularly at those setting up trusts.

Guiding urban design series
Catagory: film
Three-part video on urban design, American Planning Association Bookstore, Tony Costello, Martin Cramton Jr, Bruce Race and Nore Winter, American Institute of Certified Planners, 1994, 312-955-9100
Total of 6 hours videos entitled: Community-decision making; Understanding design context; Design implementation.

Here to Stay
Catagory: book
A public policy framework for community-based organisations, Development Trusts Association, Caroline Davies (ed), 1997, 0-9531469-0-1
Review of development trusts movement in the UK and policies necessary for developing it further.

Housing by people
Catagory: book
Towards autonomy in building environments, John F C Turner, Marion Boyars, 1976, 0-7145-2569-3
Housing by people Towards autonomy in building Seminal work on housing, drawing on experience in developing countries to illustrate the universal necessity for dweller control.

Hucknall 20/20 Vision Conference
Catagory: film
, Audio Visual Arts, 1997(from New Economics Foundation)
Case study of a future search conference in the UK. Useful introduction and insight into the process, 12 minutes.

Ideas Annuals
Catagory: book
Innovative ideas and examples of successful community work practice, Community Links, 1997 & 1998 available
Excellent illustrated series aimed at community organisations.

Imagine Chicago
Catagory: film
, Imagine Chicago, David Szabo, 1998(from New Economics Foundation)
Inspiring case study on a project based on future search and appreciative inquiry. 15 mins.

Innovations in Public Participation
Catagory: book
, IDeA, Jane Morris (ed), 1996, 0-7488-9599-XIDeA, Layden House, 76-86 Turnmill Street, London EC1M 5QU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7296 6600)
Brief but illuminating introduction to mechanisms for increasing citizen involvement including citizens juries, study circles, citizens panels, teledemocracy, focus groups, techniques for workshops and resolving conflicts, future search and visioning.

Involving communities in urban and rural regeneration
Catagory: book
A guide for practitioners, Department of the Environment, Pieda plc, 1995, 1-85112201-X
Useful overview to general approaches with handy checklists and summaries.

Involving Citizens in Community Decision Making
Catagory: book
A Guidebook, Program for Community Problem Solving, James L Creighton, 1997(915 15th Street, NW., Suite 601, Washington DC 20005, USA.)
Very clear and easy guide for local government staff in designing, developing and managing citizen participation programs, based on original version commissioned for the City of Glendale, California.

Large Group Interventions
Catagory: book
Engaging the entire organisation for rapid change, Jossey-Bass, Barbara Benedict Bunker and Billie T Alban, , 1997, 0-7879-0324-8
Practical guide to some of the many ways of involving everybody in improving whole systems.

The Linz Cafe
Catagory: book
, Oxford University Press, Christopher Alexander, 1981, 0-19520-263-5
Beautiful account of the design and construction of an Austrian cafe based on user participation.

Making Cities Better
Catagory: book
Visions and implementation, Vision for Cities, De Montfort University, Ziona Strelitz, George Henderson and Robert Cowan (eds), 1996, 0-9527500-0-7.(Department of Architecture, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK.
Report on a series of 20 Vision for Cities workshops in the mid 1990s.

Making Places
Catagory: book
, English Partnerships, EDAW Consultants, 1998(The Prince's Foundation.)
Guide to good practice in mixed development schemes.

Making Planning Work
Catagory: book
A guide to approaches and skills, ITDG Publications, Cliff Hague, Patrick Wakely, Julie Crespin and Chris Jasko, 2006, 1-85339-648-6, 978-1-85339-648-9.Prepared for the United Nations to focus international attention on the urgent need to increase global understanding of sustainable urban development processes and pro-poor planning practices. Explores approaches and skills needed, illustrated by 25 international case studies.

Measuring Community Development in Northern Ireland
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
, Voluntary Activity Unit, Northern Ireland Department of Health and Social Services, 1996(VAU, CDP, DHSS, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SF, UK.)
Handbook for practitioners, including set of indicators grouped into two clusters: community empowerment, and change in the quality of community life.

Open Space Technology
Catagory: book
A user\\\\\\\'s guide, Abbott Publishing, Harrison Owen, 1992, 0-9618205-3-5
Step-by-step journey through the open space workshop method.

The Oregon Experiment
Catagory: book
, Oxford University Press, Christopher Alexander et al, 1975, 0-19-501824-9
Classic account of the planning process for the University of Oregon where the entire community of 15,000 were involved in the planning and design.

Parish Maps
Catagory: book
, Common Ground, 1996
Why and how to make a parish map, with illustrated examples.

Participation Works!
Catagory: book
Twenty-one techniques of community participation for the twenty-first century, New Economics Foundation, Julie Lewis, Catherine Unsworth and Perry Walker (eds), 1998, 1-899407-17-0
Useful standard summary profiles on a varied range of general participation methods.

Participatory Action in the Countryside
Catagory: Reports / Booklets
A literature review, Countryside Agency, Diane Warburton, 1998
Useful annotated listing.

Participatory Design
Catagory: book
Theory and techniques, North Carolina State University, Henry Sanoff (ed), 1990, 0-9622107-3-0
Rich compendium of interesting theoretical and practical material, particularly from USA experience.

Participatory Learning and Action
Catagory: book
A trainer's guide, International Institute for Environment and Development, Jules Pretty, Irene Guijt, John Thompson and Ian Scoones, 1995, 1-899825-00-2
Excellent handbook for trainers involved in using participatory methods.

A Pattern Language
Catagory: book
, Oxford University Press, Christopher Alexander et al., 1977, 0-19501-919-9
Influential book describing working method enabling untrained people to design any part of the environment themselves; homes, streets, neighbourhoods.

Permaculture Teachers Guide
Catagory: book
WWF-UK, Andrew Goldring (ed), 2000, 1-85850-168-7
Explains how to run permaculture design courses.

PLA Notes
Catagory: magazine
Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Programme of the International Institute of Environment and Development., Published three times a year (IIED.)
Frank exchange of experience and views on participatory learning and action, by and for practitioners in the field.

Plan, Design and Build
Catagory: book
21st Century Halls for England, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), Alan Wilkinson, 1997, 1-871157-48-X
Excellent how-to-do-it on creating community centres including community involvement.