Beyond "Pop-Planning : Building Healthy, Equitable, and Soulful Communities

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1 Beyond "Pop-Planning : Building Healthy, Equitable, and Soulful Communities July 21, Winnipeg, MB Treaty No. 1 Territory, the traditional lands of the Anishinabe (Ojibway), Ininew (Cree), Oji-Cree, Dene, and Dakota, and the birthplace of the Métis Nation

2 PRESENTATION OUTLINE 1. Introduction of Speakers, BC Healthy Communities, and PlanH 2. Pop-Planning What is it? 3. Embracing Complexity 4. Examples and Tools 5. Activity Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

3 OUR TEAM Sandy Mackay, Candidate MCIP Healthy Community Planner Undergraduate degree in IR/Biology/Geo Masters in Planning from Dalhousie University Previously worked for Planning and Design Centre and Territorial Government Specializes in reflective and critical practice Loves hiking and Randy Newman Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

4 OUR TEAM Shannon Clarke, MPH Community Facilitator Undergraduate degree in Kinesiology Masters in Public Health, with a social policy focus, from the University of Victoria Previously worked for the regional government in Victoria Specializes in use of an equity lens Loves dogs and off-the-shoulder tops Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

5 OUR TEAM Sarah Ravlić, Candidate MCIP Healthy Community Planner Undergraduate degree in Psychology & Environmental Studies Masters in Planning from Dalhousie University Previously worked for the Cities & Environment Unit Specializes in debunking the planning process Loves the ocean and speculative fiction Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

6 What about you?

7 BC Healthy Communities Society BC Healthy Communities Society is a province-wide not-for-profit consulting firm that facilitates the ongoing development of healthy, thriving and resilient communities. We provide a range of programs, services, planning processes, events, and resources to support communities, local governments, health authorities and multi-sectoral groups to collaborate around a shared vision for a common purpose. We operate at the intersection between between planning and community well-being, employing a diverse team of planners, public health professionals, facilitators, and research and evaluation specialists.

8 PlanH The PlanH program supports local government engagement and partnerships across sectors for creating healthier communities. Recognizing that community policy, plans, and decisions affect health and well-being, PlanH provides learning opportunities, resources, and leading-edge practices for collaborative local action. PlanH, implemented by BC Healthy Communities Society, facilitates local government learning, partnership development and planning for healthier communities where we live, learn, work and play. Working together with health authorities, UBCM and the Ministry of Health, PlanH supports the Province s health promotion strategy.

9 "Pop-Planning What is it?

10 POP-PLANNING Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

11 POP-PLANNING 1994 Beyond Pop-Planning CIP

12 POP-PLANNING Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Journal of Landscape Ecology Journal of the Polynesian Society Journal of Urban Affairs Journal of the American Planning Association Journal of Urban Design Journal of Cleaner Production Journal of Urban History Journal of Industrial Ecology Planning Theory and Practice Journal of Planning Literature Planning Perspectives Journal of Planning History Leisure / Loisir Journal of Housing & Built Environment Housing Policy Debates Journal of Planning Education and Research Pacific Studies Journal of Environmental Management Alternatives Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory Cities Journal of Obesity Geoforum Journal of Rural and Community Planning International Migration Review Journal of Urbanism Urban Studies Canadian Journal of Urban Research Oceania Canadian Journal of Regional Science Land Use Policy Canadian Journal of Sociology Community Development Environment and Planning C: Government & Policy Plan Canada Landscape and Urban Planning Journal Housing Studies CJUR: Canadian Planning and Policy Environments Environment and Planning B: Planning & Design Planning Theory Professional Geographer Urban Policy and Research Area [Royal Geographical Society] Urban Geography International Journal of Urban and Regional Research Policy and Politics Annals of the Association of American Geographers Landscape Research International Planning History Society Proceedings Social Indicators Research Environment and Planning A Health Affairs Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers The Canadian Geographer International Journal of Cultural Policy Journal of Rural Studies Urban Research and Practice Canadian Journal of Public Health Journal of Construction in Developing Countries Cities and the Environment City and Community

13 POP-PLANNING

14 Plus ça change

15 Plus ça change (plus c'est la même chose)

16 used to express resigned acknowledgment of the fundamental immutability of human nature and institutions

17 PLUS ÇA CHANGE New tools, same challenges. Critical research that could inform practice is highly specialized and often unavailable. - Researchers preach to the choir in journals with limited readership Planners and planning educators often lunge from one right way of planning to another. - Both in the past: think about Robert Moses, Urban Renewal, etc. - And the present: think new urbanism, smart growth, etc.

18 PLUS ÇA CHANGE Arguably we need good planning more than ever to make communities where residents can find meaningful opportunities to participate in decision-making and where they can build good lives for themselves.

19 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

20 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Richard Florida and The Creative Class Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

21 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Richard Florida and The Creative Class

22 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Detroit, Michigan

23 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Detroit, Michigan Largely pro-development. Advancing new solutions with little acknowledgement of history or context. Almost 70% of discourse. Largely critical of planning and development in Detroit. Less than 30% of discourse. Both acknowledges history and responsibility AND attempts to prescribe practice. Pop-Planning Lisa Berglund, 2017

24 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES And many more Mixed Use Smart Growth Copenhagen Smart Cities/Google Cities Autonomous Vehicles And this is just contemporary practice

25 POP-PLANNING EXAMPLES Common Themes 1. Shallow Case Studies 2. No Historical Acknowledgement 3. Focus on Physical Environments, Not People 4. Big Promises

26 GROUP EXERCISE Think about your own community: How is your environment shaped by planning trends of the past? What about your work? What are some the the planning solutions you have seen recently that may eventually be considered pop-planning?

27 Embracing Complexity Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

28 NOT JUST IN PLANNING!

29 NOT JUST IN PLANNING!

30 NOT JUST IN PLANNING!

31 NOT JUST IN PLANNING! Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

32 COMPLEX PROBLEMS REQUIRE COMPLEX SOLUTIONS Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

33 THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES APPROACH Focus on all of our community environments:

34 Community Engagement Healthy Public Policy Healthy Communities Approach Multi- Sectoral Collaboration Political Commitment Asset-based Community Development

35 THE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES APPROACH

36 INTEGRATING EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY INTO PLANNING PROCESSES

37 INTEGRATING EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY INTO PLANNING PROCESSES

38 INTEGRATING EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY INTO PLANNING PROCESSES

39 INTEGRATING EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY INTO PLANNING PROCESSES Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

40 INTEGRATING EQUITY AND INCLUSION INTO PLANNING PROCESSES Known as Proportionate Universalism YUCK! But it s important. Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

41 EMBRACE COMPLEXITY! BE FLEXIBILE, REFLECTIVE AND ADAPTABLE

42 Examples and Tools for Practice

43 THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE PLANNER IN MODERN PRACTICE Rapidly growing population Social isolation and loneliness Well-being Equity Quality of life Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018 Social planning

44 THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE PLANNER IN MODERN PRACTICE Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

45 Community Engagement Healthy Public Policy Healthy Communities Approach Multi- Sectoral Collaboration Political Commitment Asset-based Community Development

46 ASSET-BASED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Traditional Needs Approach 1. Meeting of local leaders & citizens come together 2. Discussion focused on problems & concerns in the community 3. Final Product = laundry list of the negatives! Asset Mapping Approach Identify: 1. Resources, skills & talents of community 2. Capabilities available (or possible) through local organizations & institutions 3. Needs 4. Then tackle important issues impacting the community! Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

47 MULTI-SECTORAL COLLABORATION Peter Drucker Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

48 MULTI-SECTORAL COLLABORATION Wilder Collaboration Factors Inventory This kind of reflective tool can help you: Start conversations about how the group is doing Check out the degree of shared perceptions Learn from each other Support strengthening relationships It can be more powerful to talk about how the group is working together than it can be to spend time drafting another policy or rule.

49 MULTI-SECTORAL COLLABORATION

50 HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY Policies impact our well-being in both positive and negative ways. When decision-makers adapt a healthy approach to policy they can advance well-being by tackling the underlying social, economic and environmental conditions. Consider using a Health Lens Analysis Tool or Health Equity Impact Assessment Tool Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

51 HEALTHY PUBLIC POLICY What is this proposal trying to achieve or address? Which groups will be most affected by the proposal? Which groups of people who may be affected have you consulted when developing the proposal? Who have you not consulted that might be affected? How would this proposal improve or impair the social conditions of the community? o Economic? o Environmental? What are some possible unintended negative health impacts? Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

52 POLITICAL COMMITMENT 1. Find/create a sense of urgency 2. Develop broad alliances and a great vision 3. Focus on benefits 4. Show great examples 5. Focus on the heart of the decision-makers, then the brain Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

53 EXAMPLE OF EQUITABLE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

54 ESTABLISH A STRONG INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE Core Values: Capacity-building and empowerment of individuals, organizations and communities Facilitates innovative and creative solutions to community issues and supports collaborative initiatives that address wide ranging community challenges The way we build communities seriously affects the resiliency of individuals and their connectivity to one another. Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

55 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE Methods of reflection and personal inquiry nurture greater self-awareness, imagination and creativity, as well as systemic, non-linear modes of thinking and analysis. What are the paradigms that shape not just our own actions, but planning as a whole? How does our position relate to the assumptions we make? Are these constructive or destructive to our goals? How are our goals themselves limited by our paradigms? Example Template: Documents/CPDme+Reflective+Practice+Template+2013.pdf

56 REFLECTIVE PRACTICE What? Now What? So What? Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

57 ACTIVITY: GROUPS OF TWO Person 1: Describe an activity or initiative you have recently taken part in. Person 2: Ask what, so what, now what? Two minutes, then switch. Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018

58 Concluding Thoughts

59 Questions?

60 OTHER TOOLS AND RESOURCES Beyond Pop-Planning CIP 2018 APA - Planning & Community Health Centre: Change Lab Solutions - Tools for Healthy Planning: Healthy Rural Communities Toolkit: LDCP/HealthyRuralCommunitiesToolKit%20compressed.pdf Metrics for Healthy Communities: National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health: National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy: PlanH: WHO Health Promotion:

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