Uploaded on 2017-06-07 by Eslam Helmy Zekry Abd ElGalil
Think and comment on an existing Citizen Design Science project in urban design and planning from your area or country ? *As for the subject of commenting on the extent to which my country implements its strategy of involving citizens in planning processes, in what is known as citizen science. Since I am from a developing country such as Egypt, I do not care about that aspect, so the planning processes are completely dependent on the specialized companies and the benefits that will come back On the stakeholders. Think and comment on the following example: Habitats of a certain neighborhood don’t feel safe when they walk in their neighborhood in the evening and during the night ? *The problem of safety within the cities has inspired the countries in general is a big problem and very serious, and directly affected the lifestyle of the city and on the desire of the residents to be there, and therefore the sense of citizens lack of security within their cities calls to stand at that point and meet with the people of the city and identify the most important concerns and What he did to them, and therefore are adopting systems that help to restore security and safety again to the city. And not only depends on the increase patrols of the police or street lighting is necessary to meet the population and identify their problems accurately and the reasons behind. You are working for the local government and want to solve this problem through improvement of the public spaces. How would you start-up a Citizen Design Science project? *Aware of the citizen design is science based primarily on the wishes of the population and access to information direct them, so if you are the owner of the decision in the special policy development by establishing recreational areas or public inside the city; I will work first on the collection of data on entertainment venues in the actual and the wishes citizens in their locations and sites proposed new by them, and then I put some plans florist by planners of experts, and then I do viewing on citizens and identify Their opinion and the extent to which and if they comply with them, we create and develop, and in the absence of consensus and the existence of Problems we adjust the plans in line with the benefit of all.