Hello, 

you can find some interesting ideas regarding urban development and human /social capital including creative class, creative cities, cultural industres etc. in this article (especially in its  theoretical part) you can download the full text here:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260979243_Cudny_W._%282014%29_THE_INFLUENCE_OF_THE_KOMISARZ_ALEX_TV_SERIES_ON_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_D_%28POLAND%29_IN_THE_EYES_OF_CITY_INHABITANTS_Moravian_Geographical_Reports_22_1 

Article Cudny, W. (2014) THE INFLUENCE OF THE “KOMISARZ ALEX” TV SER...

Dear Panos, 

Your question is as broad as it is interesting. Concerning the first three terms, I would advise to explore the medical sociology, using the search words capital, social capital and Bourdieu (to start with).  Medical sociologists should be cherished for reflecting on the schemes and strategies people use in interpreting their own lives and their own bodily perception.  This deals also with tacitness, tacit suppositions and tacit norms.  Theoretically this was elaborated by a lot of sociologists (Bourdieu, Certeau, Lefèbvre, Goffman, Cicourel, ...), and also by the scholars deepening the literature on ideology.   But I'm afraid that I do not grasp what you're after specifically.   The formulation of your question suggests that you are looking also for agency within planning and urban renewal - and this in fact is an even broader and almost unlimited field...   Maybe you can narrow down your question or specify it in another way ?

Thanks to both of you for the answers. Yes actually I am looking for a broadest context in order to comprehend more accurately this association.

It can be done through mapping- for knowing local conditions, assessing the condition of infrastructure and quality of services, community engagement, costing and designing, finding evidence for dialogue with government

The purpose of mapping is twofold:

First, to document what already exists on the ground (in terms of sanitation infrastructure);

Second, to influence the government to align its investments with what already exists

This provides the foundation of component sharing model

Second for conducting Diagnostic Dialogue to identify community priorities and willingness to achieve those priorities, to identify early adopters

In the words of Dr. Akhter Hameed Khan, a renowned development practitioner, ‘Meticulous documentation of processes and experiences, weekly and quarterly meetings, and preparation of reports and monographs are key to understanding the relevance and context of work being done, and guide the organization in what to do next.’

basta osservare con occhio metodologicamente  attento Corviale e i disastri che  ne sono conseguiti.Il luogo fa legame ed è questo che dovrebbe fare da dead-line.

Dear Panos,

Perhaps, you should take a look at the literature and debates following the work of Jane Jacobs (1961) and Edward Glaeser (2011). You will find an interesting contrast and complementarity between the two perspectives, which will help you narrowing your research question.

Regards,

Juste

Jan Gehl also has got many interesting discussions on Urban Spaces and Social Life in his books including interesting projects in Copenhagen, if you like to look at it from Urban Design/planning  view.

This article might also be of interest:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270761379_Urban_Environment_and_Social_Health_of_the_Elderly_A_Critical_Discussion_on_Physical_Social_and_Policy_Environments

Conference Paper Urban Environment and Social Health of the Elderly: A Critic...

Hi, I have some questions about city planning and human related factors. May you please help me with these topics? 1- What are main human factors in urban planning? and what is your perception about human city? 2- What are the characteristics of a human city? Best regards Mehdi