2. A policy is a principle or rule to
guide decisions and achieve rational
outcomes. A policy is a statement of
intent, and is implemented as a
procedure or protocol.
In short, policies simply guide our
actions. Policies can be guidelines,
rules, regulations, laws, principles, or
directions. They say what is to be
done, who is to do it, how it is to be
done and for (or to) whom it is to be
done.
What is a policy?
3. What policies do ...
•Outline rules
•Provide principles that guide actions
•Set roles and responsibilities
•Reflect values and beliefs
•State an intention to do something
5. Illustration:
‘Development should incorporate the retention or provision of important
routes and linkages which contribute to the permeability of an area.
Development which results in the unacceptable loss of existing links will not be
permitted. Design objective: permeability
Explanation of criteria for solution: incorporate or retain and avoid loss of
important routes and linkages.’
7. Possible policy tools
Information: An information package on organizing, operating and sustaining
community gardens will be developed and made available for distribution to
community groups, housing associations and developments, non-profit
organizations, businesses, and public sector offices throughout the city.
8. Education: Public health educators and city planners will be engaged to work
collaboratively to design an educational program on the benefits of preserving
green space for food production targeted at private landowners, including
developers, business operators, and home owners.
Possible policy tools
9. Legislation: A minimum of 25% of current public green space will be available
for urban food production within each voting district of the municipality.
Possible policy tools
10. Regulation: The development of unused or vacant land, or the redevelopment
of land for public purposes will be required to maintain a certain percentage of
that land for green space, and a minimum of 25% of the green space will be
available for urban food production.
Possible policy tools
12. Grants: The “Community Garden Development Grant” will be established to
provide one-time start-up grants to community groups committed to starting
community gardens.
Possible policy tools
13. Subsidies: Wage subsidies will be made available for supporting a paid staff
position for established (3 or more years in operation) community gardens of
100 or more plots.
Possible policy tools
14. Design policy is essential tool for
making sustainable places.
Urban design policy is concerned with more than just the
architectural quality of development. It helps to shape the place as a
whole, and all its economic, social and environmental impacts. To bring about
fundamental change, urban design policy needs to define a vision which will
be realized over a time span – sometimes as long as a generation – and achieved
through a series of staged objectives focusing on short-term
goals.
22. LQC- Low cost high impact approach
This approach is based on taking incremental steps, using low-cost
experiments, and tapping into local talents (e.g. citizens,
entrepreneurs, developers, and city staff)
23. Transform underused spaces into
exciting laboratories that citizens can
start using right away and see
evidence that change can happen.
Leverage local partnerships that have
greater involvement by a community
and results in more authentic places.
24. Employ a place-by-place strategy that,
over time, can transform an entire
city. With community buy-in, the LQC
approach can be implemented across
multiple scales to transform under-
performing spaces throughout an entire
city.
25. Encourage an iterative approach and an opportunity to experiment, assess,
and evolve a community’s vision before launching into major construction and
a long term process.
27. Eco box
The aim of the project was to return
underused public spaces to the
community..
..a completely community run
initiative that goes beyond just being
a space to spend leisure time in.
28. Manek chowk is a market square in the city of Ahmedabad. Manek chowk’s
importance is mainly because of the multiple uses it is put to based on time of the day,
through informal self-management by the locals.
32. Task #2
For a chosen space:
•Define a vision
•Support a vision with policy
•Give at least three tools to achieve proposed vision
*Students who chose one place to work with, they are expected to propose at
least two different visions and related policies for it
*Students who decide to work with different places (at least two places) are
expected to propose one vision for each place.
