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Landscape and Urban Governance: Participatory Planning of the Public Realm in Saida, Lebanon

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  • Jala Makhzoumi

    (UNIT44 Architecture, Landscape, Ecological Planning, Urban Design, Yassine Building, Phoenicia Street, Ain Mreiseh, Beirut, Lebanon)

  • Salwa Al-Sabbagh

    (UNIT44 Architecture, Landscape, Ecological Planning, Urban Design, Yassine Building, Phoenicia Street, Ain Mreiseh, Beirut, Lebanon)

Abstract

The political shift in Lebanon since the 1990s towards market-led development has encouraged the incremental appropriation of public spaces and state lands, and their conversion into gated, monitored enclaves that serve a privileged few. The process disregards the role of the urban public realm and undermines its potential as an inclusive space and enabling platform for urban governance. This article advocates a participatory approach to urban development, one that engages local stakeholders, institutions, and the public at large as active partners working towards sustainable urban futures. We draw on a case study in Saida, Lebanon, to illustrate participatory planning methods and demonstrate the role of landscape architects in enabling community-led development that is place responsive and sensitive to local narratives of heritage and identity. The project’s participatory methodology and landscape architecture’s expansive framing, the paper argues, democratizes the planning process and contributes to urban governance that empowers local authorities and local stakeholders in the face of privatization and market-led development.

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  • Jala Makhzoumi & Salwa Al-Sabbagh, 2018. "Landscape and Urban Governance: Participatory Planning of the Public Realm in Saida, Lebanon," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(2), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jlands:v:7:y:2018:i:2:p:48-:d:140721
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    1. Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis & Theano S. Terkenli & Maria Gabriella Trovato & Nizar Abu-Jaber, 2018. "Landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean between the Future and the Past," Land, MDPI, vol. 7(4), pages 1-5, December.
    2. Ernest Uwayezu & Walter T. de Vries, 2020. "Access to Affordable Houses for the Low-Income Urban Dwellers in Kigali: Analysis Based on Sale Prices," Land, MDPI, vol. 9(3), pages 1-32, March.

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