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This handbook explores two guiding questions - how can university-community partnerships in planning education work and how can they be transformative? This edited volume examines a variety of university-community partnerships in planning education, from a number of different perspectives, with a focus on transformative models.
List of contents
Introduction
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois and Jay Mittal
SECTION I
Theoretical Considerations: Planning Theory, Pedagogy, and Curriculum
Introduction
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois
- Black Experiences with Planning in Canada: Expanding Anti-Racism Competencies through Community-Engaged Research and Digital Storytelling
Adwoa Afful, Marjorie Johnstone, Veronica Marsman, Abigail Moriah, Itah Sadu, Magdalena Ugarte, Simone Weir, and Amina Yasin
- Building Capacity for Indigenous Planning
Sarah Cooper
- An Architecture Studio Providing a Planning Education through Community-Engaged Models: A Detroit Case
Joongsub Kim
- On the Coloniality of Planning in Jamaica: Transformation of the Classroom into a Site of Hopeful Resistance
Tina M.F. Beale and Rochelle Channer
- Smashing Statues, Burning Churches, and Ransacking the Constitution: A Pedagogical Response, Chile 2019–2022
Beatriz Maturana and Anthony McInneny
- Appreciative Inquiry: Theoretical and Practical Illustrations
Ivis García
SECTION II
The Big Picture: Best Practices, Logistics, Collaborations, and Outcomes
Introduction
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois
- Best Practices from 28 Planning Program-Community Partnership Projects
Craig T. Olwert, Zeynep Toker, and Henrik P. Minassians
- Incorporating Immersive International Learning in Graduate Planning Curriculum: Lessons from India Experience
Ajay Agarwal
- The Role of Community-Based Projects in Enhancing Student Learning in a Planning Curriculum
Susan L. Bradbury
- Learnings from Ten Years of Engagement with Communities in the Southeastern United States
Jay Mittal
- Planning for the Transformation of a Diverse River Corridor amid Political Conflict: Reedy River Master Plan, Greenville, SC
Barry Nocks
- Reflections on Community-Engaged Projects in the Rustbelt
Robert Pfaff and Stephanie Ryberg-Webster
- The European Joint Doctorate "UrbanHist": Insights from an Innovative Training Network across Europe
Federico Camerin
- University-Community Partnerships in Australia
Neil G. Sipe
- Using Outreach and Engagement to Strengthen Teaching and Research: A Collaborative Framework at Iowa State University
Biswa Das and Gary Taylor
SECTION III
Tying it all Together in Practice: Case Studies
Introduction
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois
- A Grant-Based Community Partnership Project Learning Experience
Yunmi Park and Jung-Eun Lee
- Collaborative Local Food Resilience Planning in Logan, Australia
Kimberley Reis, Gayle Brent, and Stacey Martin
- Community-Education Partnership for Fostering Sustainable Transport: The Case of Sydney, Australia
Awais Piracha
- Community-Engaged Scholarship: Repurposing the Millsaps Hotel
Joan Marshall Wesley and Daphine G. Hill
- Elevating Community Voice: Community Engagement in Planning Studio
Lynn Mandarano
- Environmental Justice Leadership-In-Training (EJ-LIT): A University-Professional Organization Partnership for Preparing the Next Generation of Environmental Justice Leaders
Kwame N. Owusu-Daaku, Bonita C. Johnson, and Stephen Kofi Diko
- Indian Village Planning through Community Engagement
Anand Khatri
- Leveraging University and Metropolitan Planning Organization Partnerships to Support Environmental Planning in Greater Cincinnati Region
Margaret Minzner and Kristy Hopfensperger
- Play Ames: Imagine Your City. A City-University Partnership in Engaging Underrepresented Residents with Playful Learning Activities
Alenka Poplin, Stella Schroeder, Gloria Betcher, Vishnu Priya Sairamesh, Fatema Nourin, and Natalie Jacobson
- Promoting a Sustainable Future for and with the Community: University-Community Partnership through Immersive Learning
Sanglim Yoo
- The Toronto Green Infrastructure Youth Hackathon
Kate Nelischer, Sheila Boudreau, Angela Murphy, and Pat Cheung
Conclusion
- Transforming the Practice of Planning through the Collective Impact of University-Community Partnerships
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois
About the author
Megan E. Heim LaFrombois, PhD, AICP, is an Associate Professor in the Master of Community Planning program in the Department of Political Science at Auburn University, US. Her research focuses on community development, urban inequalities, participatory forms of planning, public policy, and feminist and qualitative methodologies. With over eight years of professional experience in community development and planning, an important aspect of her work, both as a practitioner and academic, is community engagement in addressing urban inequalities.
Jay Mittal, PhD, MBA, is an Associate Professor in the Master of Community Planning program at Auburn University, US. With over 24 years of professional experience in private consulting, research, and academic settings, Jay teaches graduate courses in urban planning, real estate development, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). He has partnered with several local communities, public housing authorities, and economic development agencies in Alabama and Georgia, US, for collaborative community-engaged class projects. His research interests are university-community partnerships for local economic development, land value capture, land markets, real estate valuation, real estate market analysis, and plan-making in the United States and India.
Summary
This handbook explores two guiding questions – how can university-community partnerships in planning education work and how can they be transformative? This edited volume examines a variety of university-community partnerships in planning education, from a number of different perspectives, with a focus on transformative models.
