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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: PLACE & PEOPLE BASED SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS, PLACE BASED INTERVENTIONS papers for consideration The health impacts of place-based interventions in areas of concentrated disadvantaged A review of the literature Karen Larsen 2007, Towards a New Urban and Community Agenda for Canada Neil Bradford Research Report F|51 Family Network March 2005 The point is not to substitute experiential or tacit knowledge for technical expertise, but rather to maximize the synergy and complementarity among the different policy inputs. Knowledge of communities: input from the “policy clients” themselves based on their lived experience and intimate familiarity with conditions “on the ground and in the streets” of their place. Such “situated understandings” are frequently expressed in narrative form by residents or their community-based representatives (Yanow, 2003: 236). Knowledge about communities: statistical data disaggregated to the local scale, tracking trends in the city or community (labour markets, population health, poverty concentrations, knowledge resources, services availability, and so forth) that provide a profile of the place. Such mapping exercises inventory assets, generate baseline indicators, focus political attention, and reveal policy priorities (Canadian Council on Social Development, n.d.). 6 March 2005 Canadian Policy Research Networks • Knowledge for changing communities: theoretical models that articulate plausible links between reform strategies and outcomes. Such models build on understandings of the factors that have produced success or failure in different places, and they guide community-based practitioners and policy makers in setting priorities. As Lisbeth Schorr notes, “not every lone initiative should have to start from scratch in making judgements about what would work in a given community at a given stage of development” (Schorr, 1998: 370)., PLACE BASED INTERVENTIONS papers for consideration ????, ???? ???? STRUCTURE What structures are connected to the situation you are intervening in? How do you intend to affect the connected structures with your intervention? SYSTEM What are the patterns of cause and effect at play in your situation? How does your intervention intend to interrupt the pattern? SCALE At what particular scale is the situation at play? How will your intervention impact that scale? SYMBOL What symbolic universe is at play in the situation you are intervening in? How will the intervention intersect with that symbolic universe? SENSATION What sensations are at play in the situation you are intervening in? How are you trying to affect the sensations at play with your intervention?, PLACE BASED INTERVENTIONS papers for consideration Towards a New Urban and Community Agenda for Canada Neil Bradford Research Report F|51 Family Network March 2005, The health impacts of place-based interventions in areas of concentrated disadvantaged A review of the literature Karen Larsen 2007 key ideas we might consider Traditionally, a choice was made to adopt a “place-based” theory of redevelopment strategy versus a “people-focussed” theory. However, there is growing recognition that this is no longer appropriate or feasible (Lamore et al 2006). In a number of Australian states, including New South Wales, the early bias toward physical regeneration has shifted due to a growing recognition of the importance of social and community development initiatives, community consultation and the need for a whole-of-government approach involving partnerships with other service agencies (including the police) (Judd et al 2002). In particular, there has been greater emphasis on interventions that increase the capacity of local communities through community development, employment and education initiatives., Towards a New Urban and Community Agenda for Canada Neil Bradford Research Report F|51 Family Network March 2005 The point is not to substitute experiential or tacit knowledge for technical expertise, but rather to maximize the synergy and complementarity among the different policy inputs. The analysis builds on the growing body of research demonstrating how “place matters” to the quality of life for all citizens and to the prosperity of nations. Economic geographers studying innovation emphasize qualities of the “local milieu” that are crucial for knowledge-intensive production. Scholars examining social inclusion reveal the barriers individual and families face in moving forward when their neighbourhoods limit access to quality services and networks. Environmental analysts stress that urban centres are where major ecological stresses converge, and that decisions taken locally about land use, transportation, and development are crucial for sustainability., Towards a New Urban and Community Agenda for Canada Neil Bradford Research Report F|51 Family Network March 2005 The point is not to substitute experiential or tacit knowledge for technical expertise, but rather to maximize the synergy and complementarity among the different policy inputs. Wicked problems highlight critical information gaps about what precisely is required to help, and large coordination failures in terms of channelling the appropriate resources to the right target. They cannot be solved through “off the shelf solutions.” With their inherent complexity, these problems are resistant to traditional sectoral interventions designed and delivered in a top-down fashion by individual government departments.