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All tools with a focus on: Evidence / Vision / Action

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Tool type: Action · Evidence · Vision

Languages: english · german

Suitable spatial context: flexible · neighbourhood

Level of effort for application: medium ×

Lock-in Cluster: Economic investments · Governance incumbency · Lack of Motivation/Intention & Habits · Perceived Experience & Evaluation · Personal and Social Beliefs · Political agency

Target group: NGOs / local interest groups · car drivers · city administration × · city politicians · general public · local politicians · local/district administration · private companies · residents of particular area · users of sustainable modes

Collecting data about parking occupancy

Opponents of street transformation often claim, that there are to little parking possibilities. But is that true? Evidence in Ljubljana showed that the city has rather a problem with how parking space is unevenly occupied. The urban design studio prostorož suggested the following steps to collect data about parking space occupancy.

1. define the area of observation (street / block / neighbourhood)
2. prepare the site plan of all the parking spots you will observe / have access to, regardless of ownership
3. set a hypothesis (e.g. parking is occupied by employees, not generating income for local shops)
4. create an observation plan: check occupancy one Wednesday and Saturday; and granular occupancy of observed parking lots every 2 hours, starting from 5 AM to 12:00 PM
5. graphically present data and interpret results

Community mapping

Collaboratively mapping maps about a neighbourhood can shed light on factors that influence everyday transport-related decisions.

Crowd Funding

Crowdfunding — and specifically civic crowdfunding — is an approach where communities, individuals, and organizations collectively finance local public projects through online platforms, often in combination with contributions from municipalities, foundations, or companies.

Forecasting change

The Futures Wheel is a visual foresight and brainstorming tool invented by American futurist Jerome C. Glenn in 1971, designed to graphically map the primary, secondary, and tertiary consequences of a specific event, trend, or change using a circular diagram with concentric rings radiating from a central hub.

The method works by placing a central change or issue at the core of the diagram — for example, a new policy, a social trend, or a strategic decision — and then working outward in layers. The first ring captures direct, first-order consequences; from each of those, a second ring of second-order consequences is generated, and so on — surfacing implications beyond the immediate and obvious, and helping develop an understanding of causality through ripple effects.

Newspaper of Tomorrow

When different stakeholders come together, they bring different perspectives. This is of great value for participatory and collaborative work. However, there is a risk that objectives and goals are different and difficult to combine. Creating a shared vision in the group becomes then an essential part of a project. This tool can be very helpful to reach this objective in a creative way.