Meadows community focus event organised by TURAS.

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MEADOWS COMMUNITY FOCUS EVENT
Lucelia Rodrigues
Laura Alvarez
Aoife Corcoran
Funded by the
European Commission
Grant No 282834

2. Funded by the
European Commission
Grant No 282834
TURAS is about understanding and enabling
strategies and processes that support
community resilience and sustainability

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TURAS’ ‘Twinning’ concept
Local
Authorities
Academics
Communities
SMEs

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TURAS’ ‘Twinning’ concept

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12 cities or urban regions

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Methodology

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Normal Planning Model
Authorities Community
Planning
Process
Nodes where
communication happens:
consultations, workshops,
webforms, etc

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Integrated Planning Model
Authorities Community
Planning
Process
More and more
inclusive nodes
facilitated by the
tools developed
through TURAS
- Common language, dialogue
- Inclusive process
- Adaptable
Resilient
Communities

9. Active Communities are more
Resilient Communities

10. PLACES & PEOPLE
AT THE MEADOWS
Laura Alvarez

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Context
Traditional methods to appraise and design neighbourhood
regeneration projects are focused on the physical aspects of places,
but…
- how does this approach impact on residents’ daily life, health and
well being?
- are current consultation processes effective for capturing the
neighbours views?

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Aims & Objectives
AIMS
- Find out how the physical aspects of neighbourhoods relate to the ways
in which people socialise/connect in neighbourhoods.
- Find out what are the main triggers that emotionally connect residents
with their neighbourhood places.
OBJECTIVES
- List pros & cons of different design approaches to help create more
socially positive places.
- Create simple and cost effective methods to appraise how residents
connect emotionally with their neighbourhoods through positive bottom-
up consultation.

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PEOPLE
SOCIALNETWORKS
PHYSICAL
PLACEBONDING
Socio-economic analysis
Survey information
Mapping analysis
Place assessments
Social network analysis
Social activity data
Social support networks
Location dependency
Emotional bonding
Social bonding

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Public Places

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WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY

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8 key groups with an
interest in place invited
80 people asked to
complete questionnaires
survey posted to 334
homes (10%)
3 focus groups
4 groups participated – 50%
20 residents participated
36 returned – 10.7%
all participated – 100%
22 public places analysed
2 places added by the
community (10%)
Methodology

17. Key findings

18. How should we design new
neighbourhoods?
1- Does the form and pattern of the plan
impact on the way people socialise?

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Victorian
housing
1970’s housing

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0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
Number of
networks
hosted
*No of
social
activities
occurring
*No of hs of
organised
social
activities
per week
*No of
public
places
acting as
social hubs
Activity in social hubs
(No-*mean/No of households)
Victorian housing1970’s housing
Both areas have very similar
levels of:
SOCIAL COHESION
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
LENGTH OF SOCIAL TIES
STRENGHT OF SOCIAL TIES
SOCIAL NETWORKS

21. How should we design new
neighbourhoods?
2- What type of places do people love
in their neighbourhoods?

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MAPPING TASK – 20 residents participated
I LOVE THIS PLACE - I FEEL SCARED IN THIS PLACE
I FEEL ANXIOUS ABOUT THIS PLACE - I WANT TO LOOK AFTER THIS PLACE
PLACE BONDING

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People love
1- Places to gather

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People Love
2- Places with historic meaning

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People Love
3- Places with nature

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People Love
4- Streets

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Summary
1- Traditional streets are more socially positive than cul-de-sac
patterns
2- What people value the most:
• Getting together
• Remembering historic roots
• Being in touch with nature
• Sharing a street

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History of the Meadows Film

29. THE MEADOWS GEOTIMELINE
Aoife Corcoran

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Photo: piturethepast.org,uk
Photo: Aoife Corcoran

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35. www.meadowstimeline.co.uk
Please contribute!

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Thank you!
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Lucelia.Rodrigues@nottingham.ac.uk