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=Activating opinion survey=
 
   
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An '''activating opinion survey''' aims for gaining information on residents’ views, attitudes and [[Perception of (in)security|perceptions]]. It is a method that can support security-related [[urban planning]] by:
==Introduction==
 
   
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* Increasing [[citizen participation]] in planning processes, thus helping to appropriately addressing [[perception of (in)security and risks]] as a part of efforts to increase infrastructural and societal resilience;
An '''activating opinion survey''' is one amongst several [[Aspect_determination_methods_for_urban_planners|''methods to determine risk aspects of the public security culture'']] relevant to urban planning.
 
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* Helping to determine [[risk]], culture, and [[ethics aspects]] in urban environments from a comprehensive point of view;
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* Helping to identify the [[security culture]] of the specific city/town/urban environment as one of the social facts that effective security-related urban planning should be based on.
   
 
==Support of planning for secure public spaces==
An activating opinion survey<ref>''Participation & sustainable development in Europe'', http://www.partizipation.at/activating-opinion.html [last accessed: 2012-04-10]</ref> aims for gaining information residents’ views and attitudes. The methods further allows for encouraging the citizens to stand up for their interests and to participate in developing plans and urban development. The aim is to identify the residents’ fears, wishes and worries; at the same time they are asked what solutions occur to them, and how interested they would be in taking part in implementing the ideas in question. The method is in particular suitable for finding out the interests and needs of people living in a particular area.
 
   
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An activating opinion survey can be applied to processes of risk identification for subsequent addressing in urban planning. It also can help to preemptively identify cultural and ethics aspects in planning for secure spaces. The method is in particular suitable for identifying security-related interests and needs (in general and in cultural and ethical terms) of people living in a particular area. The method further allows for encouraging citizens to stand up for their interests and to participate in general and security related developing plans and urban development. It is a good instrument in the light of:
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* The [[designing out approach|designing out]] approach;
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* The [[designing in]] concept;
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* etc.
   
== Process ==
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== Process description ==
Key individuals and residents are interviewed, material is evaluated and observations are made. Residents are informed in writing about the actual survey in advance; trained interviewers use an interview skeleton with open questions to do one-to-one interviews. In contrast to most conventional surveys, an activating opinion survey is not a one-off event, but the kick-off to a fairly long-term process; so it involves a good deal of organization in advance and subsequent work.
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The aim is to identify the residents’ fears, wishes and worries. In contrast to most conventional surveys, an activating opinion survey is not a one-off event, but the kick-off to a fairly long-term process; so it involves a good deal of organisation in advance and subsequent work.
   
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* Residents are informed in writing about the actual survey in advance;
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* Key individuals and residents are interviewed, material is evaluated and observations are made.
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* Trained interviewers use an interview skeleton with open questions to do one-to-one interviews.
 
* The survey is evaluated and the results presented to the residents, with the aim of defining steps toward realisation.
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* Interest or action groups are formed with a view to this.
   
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==Links and further reading==
==Help in addressing cultural/ethical aspects in planning of secure public spaces==
 
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* Different Participation Methods and Their Use - Working Document for the Natreg-Handbook. Retrieved from: http://www.natreg.eu/uploads/podobe/NATREG_%20participation%20techniques_overview_trainingmaterials.pdf [last access: 2012-08-21];
The aim is to identify the residents’ fears, wishes and worries. At the same time, they are asked what solutions occur to them, and how interested they would be in taking part in implementing the ideas in question. Suitable for finding out the interests and needs of people living in a particular area.
 
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* Participation & Sustainable Development in Europe: Retrieved from: http://www.partizipation.at/activating-opinion.html [last access: 2012-04-10];
 
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* Standards of Public Participation - Recommendations for Good Practice. Retrieved from: http://www.partizipation.at/fileadmin/media_data/Downloads/Standards_OeB/oebs_standards_engl_finale_web.pdf [last access: 2012-08-21].
The survey is evaluated and the results presented to the residents, with the aim of defining steps toward realization. Interest or action groups are formed with a view to this.
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 11:04, 13 June 2013


An activating opinion survey aims for gaining information on residents’ views, attitudes and perceptions. It is a method that can support security-related urban planning by:

  • Increasing citizen participation in planning processes, thus helping to appropriately addressing perception of (in)security and risks as a part of efforts to increase infrastructural and societal resilience;
  • Helping to determine risk, culture, and ethics aspects in urban environments from a comprehensive point of view;
  • Helping to identify the security culture of the specific city/town/urban environment as one of the social facts that effective security-related urban planning should be based on.

Support of planning for secure public spaces

An activating opinion survey can be applied to processes of risk identification for subsequent addressing in urban planning. It also can help to preemptively identify cultural and ethics aspects in planning for secure spaces. The method is in particular suitable for identifying security-related interests and needs (in general and in cultural and ethical terms) of people living in a particular area. The method further allows for encouraging citizens to stand up for their interests and to participate in general and security related developing plans and urban development. It is a good instrument in the light of:

Process description

The aim is to identify the residents’ fears, wishes and worries. In contrast to most conventional surveys, an activating opinion survey is not a one-off event, but the kick-off to a fairly long-term process; so it involves a good deal of organisation in advance and subsequent work.

  • Residents are informed in writing about the actual survey in advance;
  • Key individuals and residents are interviewed, material is evaluated and observations are made.
  • Trained interviewers use an interview skeleton with open questions to do one-to-one interviews.
  • The survey is evaluated and the results presented to the residents, with the aim of defining steps toward realisation.
  • Interest or action groups are formed with a view to this.

Links and further reading