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| − | An '''activating opinion survey''' is |
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| − | * a method to reach [[citizen participation]] in planning processes; |
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| − | * which supports security related [[urban planning]]; |
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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: |
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| − | ==Description== |
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| − | An activating opinion survey aims for gaining information on residents’ views, attitudes and [[Perception of (in)security|perceptions]]. It can be applied to issues on risks, ethics aspects and on cultural factors informing security culture. The methods further allows for encouraging the citizens to stand up for their interests and to participate in general and security related developing plans and urban development. |
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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; |
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| − | It is a good instrument in the light of |
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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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== Process description == |
== Process description == |
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* Residents are informed in writing about the actual survey in advance; |
* 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. |
* 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. |
* Trained interviewers use an interview skeleton with open questions to do one-to-one interviews. |
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| − | * The survey is evaluated and the results presented to the residents, with the aim of defining steps toward |
+ | * 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. |
* Interest or action groups are formed with a view to this. |
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| − | An activating opinion survey addresses cultural and ethics aspects. The method is in particular suitable for finding out the interests and needs (in general and in cultural and ethical terms) of people living in a particular area. |
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| − | The aim is to identify the residents’ fears, wishes and worries, and their [[perception of (in)security and risks]]. Participants are asked, what solutions occur to them, and how interested they would be in taking part in implementing the ideas in question. |
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==Links and further reading== |
==Links and further reading== |
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| − | * Different |
+ | * 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]; |
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+ | * Participation & Sustainable Development in Europe: Retrieved from: http://www.partizipation.at/activating-opinion.html [last access: 2012-04-10]; |
| − | * Standards of Public Participation - Recommendations for Good Practice: http://www.partizipation.at/fileadmin/media_data/Downloads/Standards_OeB/oebs_standards_engl_finale_web.pdf [2012-08-21]. |
+ | * 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]. |
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:
- The designing out approach;
- The designing in concept;
- etc.
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
- 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];
- Participation & Sustainable Development in Europe: Retrieved from: http://www.partizipation.at/activating-opinion.html [last access: 2012-04-10];
- 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].
