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On 18/04/2017 14:41, "Urban Place Names on behalf of Philipp Horn" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >We invite papers for the panel ŒAchieving inclusive urban development >through scaling up participatory and co-productive planning¹ to be held >at the annual conference of the Development Studies Association taking >place at the University of Bradford, 6-8 September 2017. > >Organisers: Diana Mitlin (University of Manchester) and Philipp Horn >(Open University) > >*Abstracts due 26 April 2017* > >Summary of the panel: >In cities of the global South, disadvantaged residents address their own >needs but such efforts are fragmented, partial and inevitably local in >scale. Local governments seek to improve this situation but are >under-capacitated and lack adequate resources. Academic institutions seek >to identify new solutions and legitimate approaches but equally lack >resources and links with disadvantaged citizens. Only if all three groups >collaborate can we address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) >commitments to Œleave no one behind¹ and achieve the implementation of >SDG 6 (water and sanitation) and SDG 11 (inclusive, safe and resilient >cities). It is widely acknowledged that multi-disciplinary approaches >that build on local action and create strong partnerships can maximize >the efficiency with which existing funds are spent and develop new >strategies to advance scholarly understanding and grounded initiatives >with the potential to scale-up. While innovative activities and >multi-sector partnerships have been established at the neighbourhood >level, insufficient attention has been given to such practices at >city-scale. This panel, therefore, aims to critically explore approaches >on scaling up the effective modalities of participatory and co-productive >neighbourhood planning to the city level, and in so doing seeks to >strengthen the critical mass of people-centred approaches supporting >inclusive and sustainable urban development. > >The DSA 2017 conference offers an ideal opportunity to examine the >opportunities and challenges of inclusive and sustainable urban >development practices at different scales and in distinct contexts. We >welcome papers focusing on different cities in the global South and >coming from diverse disciplinary, theoretical and methodological >perspectives. > >Instructions for submissions: >Please follow the abstract submission guidelines available on the >Development Studies Association 2017 Conference website >(https://www.devstud.org.uk/conferences/2017/cfp.shtml) and submit your >abstract online by clicking on Œpropose a paper¹ on our panel website >(http://nomadit.co.uk/dsa/dsa2017/conferencesuite.php/panels/5740). > >For informal enquiries please email: >[log in to unmask] > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FRIENDLY REMINDER: if you click REPLY to this email, you will be sending a message to over 300 subscribers. Please do so only if you wish to respond to everyone. To join, leave or suspend list postings, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/wan