The Global Planners Network has pulled together a new online tool that is designed to help planners to assess urbanization issues, including housing, clean water, sanitation and basic services. The ‘Self-Diagnostic Tool to Assess Planning Capacity’ has been developed by the UK’s Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) and Commonwealth Association of Planners.
The tool not only hopes to improve the planning process for individual communities, it also hopes to develop international support networks between planning organizations to share and transfer knowledge. To view and participate in this survey tool, visit here. The site is made available online and in hard copy in English, French, Spanish and Chinese. It is tailored to fit the experiences of all types of planners working in public, private or voluntary sectors, and all organizations and institutions with responsibility for planning and managing where people live.
