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The Ecology of Neighbourhood Resilience: A Multi-disciplinary Perspective Read chapter Read first chapter

2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Participatory Design to Co-create Community Spaces

Authors : Im Sik Cho, K. C. Ho

Published in: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore

Publisher: Springer Singapore

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Abstract

The extensiveness of public housing in Singapore, where more than 80% of its residential population lives, underscores the importance of the design and provision of shared amenities and communal spaces in shaping social bonding. Building social resilience in neighbourhoods has to do with creating opportunities for residents to interact on the assumption that residents who are socially connected in their immediate neighbourhood are also more likely to be involved in helping others and in contributing to the well-being of the neighbourhood. This chapter discusses a research project that aims to establish a participatory design approach to co-create community spaces in an existing neighbourhood. It is expected that the outcomes of this study will reveal key challenges in implementing participatory planning in local neighbourhood context and offer insights into potential avenues for strengthening community’s capacity to initiate collective action, which is essential to support long term social sustainability and resilience of neighbourhoods.

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Footnotes
1
The effectiveness of any public engagement approach is highly dependent upon “the political and cultural milieus of a country and the readiness and maturity of its civil society to propose ideas and responsibly see them through” (Hee and Khoo 2013).
 
2
The data collection procedures were approved after review by the NUS Institutional Review Board (IRB). IRB approval NUS2330, NUS-IRB reference code A-14-154, approval of protocol amendment 3 dated 17 April 2015.
 
3
Community engagement process took about 9–10 months in this research project (from the first workshop with community stakeholders held in August 2014 to the co-creation events held in May 2015). Our interview insights during phase 1 revealed that residents prefer an informal type of involvement rather than a formal structure, due to time constraints and level of commitment (CSAC 2015). This factor should be carefully considered during the research design to keep the engagement sessions manageable to the residents.
 
4
A void deck is a term used to describe the first/ground floor of public housing blocks in Singapore. As the term implies, public housing residential buildings typically have the ground floor empty of residential units. Subsequently, this empty space may have different types of community activities (for example, childcare centre or senior citizen activity centre) added as the need arises. See https://​en.​wikipedia.​org/​wiki/​Void_​deck.
 
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Metadata
Title
Participatory Design to Co-create Community Spaces
Authors
Im Sik Cho
K. C. Ho
Copyright Year
2020
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Book
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods in Singapore

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-7047-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-7048-9

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7048-9_6