Introducing Planning Concepts to Nonplanners

This blog post links humanitarian efforts in urban areas with the core principles of urban planning. The ten principles they briefly describe are:

1. Engage the community
2. Use data
3. Draw connections between overlapping issues, actions and solutions
4. Place matters
5. Design matters
6. Acknowledge local politics
7. Partner with all civil actors (not just the formal public sector)
8. Be inclusive
9. Be visionary
10. Have a long-term plan