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Planning Green and Public Spaces in Lawrence Heights, Toronto: Considerations for Meaningful Community Engagement

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dc.contributor.advisorTaylor, Laura
dc.contributor.authorRinaldi, Alicia
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-13T15:29:33Z
dc.date.available2021-10-13T15:29:33Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-31
dc.description.abstractThe vitality of many green and public spaces is seemingly lackluster in appearance and deficient in spatial and social programming. Urban planning and design are influential of the spaces that communities make meaning in and respectively animate. Approaching planning through a community development perspective embraces community assets and the organizational capacity through which communities can actively participate in the making of their public realm. By deviating from conventional planning practices, planners can more thoughtfully address social and environmental injustices—acknowledging, respecting, and embracing diversity and difference through green and public space planning and design. This research adopts a qualitative mixed-methods approach to understand how communities are involved in the shaping of their green and public spaces as well as the mechanisms in place that support this process. Primary and secondary data were collected through two knowledge exchanges, four semistructured phone interviews, a walk-along with residents, personal site observations as well as a comprehensive review of pertinent policy frameworks, planning documents, media, and scholarly literature. Research findings revealed that people strive to make meaning in spaces. A socio-spatial study of Lawrence Heights demonstrates that green and public spaces foster social relations, human health and well-being, and are often at the intersection of community engagement and development (or lack thereof).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMajor Paper, Master of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38563
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectGreen spaceen_US
dc.subjectPublic spaceen_US
dc.subjectSocial relationsen_US
dc.subjectHealthen_US
dc.subjectWell-beingen_US
dc.subjectUrban environmental designen_US
dc.subjectPlanningen_US
dc.subjectCommunity developmenten_US
dc.subjectEngagementen_US
dc.subjectEquityen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental justiceen_US
dc.titlePlanning Green and Public Spaces in Lawrence Heights, Toronto: Considerations for Meaningful Community Engagementen_US
dc.typeMajor paperen_US

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