Inclusive participatory processes for health equity in public spaces
Tipus de document: Treball de Fi de Màster – Màster universitari en Intervenció Sostenible en el Medi Construït (TFM MISMeC)
Autor/a:
Helle, Bena
Any: 2025
Idioma: Espanyol
Descripció:
This thesis discusses how participatory processes in public space design can be delivered in a more inclusive way to promote health equity, explored on the case of the neighborhood of La Pau in Barcelona. Gehl’s Inclusive Healthy Places (IHP) Framework is used as theoretical framework to assess the relation between health equity, participation and urban design, to identify deficits and to suggest improvements in participatory public processes and the implementation of results. A case study of Folkets Park in Denmark serves as a foil to better understand the IHP Framework, an overview of diverse inclusive participatory processes in four international cities presents additional analytical tools which leads to focus on IHP processes in Barcelona. Several participatory programs stand out; thus their processes and outputs are examined more closely. This data then feeds into the main chapter where I establish the Inclusive Health Participation Matrix. Within this matrix, six environmental determinants and three social determinants to assess public health, all of which have been established earlier in this study, are connected to actual participatory processes, which took place from 2014 to 2024, and their outcomes, thus revealing gaps and misalignment of public intervention with residents’ concerns and needs, especially in terms of inclusivity. Ultimately, it is not the scale or the budget of a program that guarantees sustainable success but including the residents in all phases of the decision-making process and focusing on long-term involvement rather than single projects is key for the successful urban design of inclusive healthy public spaces.
Citació:
Munujos Vendrell, J. (2025). Periferias narradas: identidades e imaginarios en el Baix Besòs Literario. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Paraules clau:
public spaces
public health
participatory processes
Gehl’s inclusive healthy places framework
urbanism
inclusivity
public spaces
community participation