CitizenPlanning

Project title: Enhancing social equity in urban planning through citizen science (CitizenPlanning)

Project code: PN-IV-P1-PCE-2023-1851

Funding body: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)

Budget: 1,200,000  RON

Period: 2025-2027

Aim:

To assess the role citizen science can have in enhancing the social equity in urban planning filling the gap related to the integration of social equity in urban planning objectives and the role citizen science can fulfill in increasing it. This represents a significant contribution since there is only little research both related to the integration of the social equity principles in urban planning and in citizen science.

Objectives:

O1. To establish a conceptual framework for assessing the role of citizen science in increasing
the social equity in urban planning
O2. To assess the potential of enhancing social equity in urban planning through public
participation in the administrative process
O3. To explore the potential of enhancing social equity in urban planning through
environmental activism
O4. To evaluate the potential enhancement of social equity through citizen science in different
areas of urban planning
O5. To develop a conceptual model for promoting best practices for enhancing social equity in
urban planning through citizen science

Research Team:

 

Results

Articles

Slave A.R., Popa A.M., Onose D.A., Esmail B.A., Albert C., Hossu C.A., Iojă I.C., Gradinaru S.R. (2025) Evaluating trends in the consideration of urban green spaces in strategic spatial planning: Insights from Romania, Landscape and Urban Planning, 263, 105425.

Conferences

2025