Social space planning

Social spatial planning encompasses concepts and approaches of (public) social planning that relate to social spaces in terms of content, methodology and organization , ie deal in different ways with interactions between social and physical-material conditions and structures in places. Social spatial planning is a special (small-scale) form of social planning or a further development with regard to networking, communication and cooperation between specialist planning on the one hand and between the population and communal planning on the other ( participation ). It contributes to a needs-based, high-performance and resource-efficient range of social services and facilities as well as the design of structural and technical infrastructures . Social space planning thus offers a suitable basis for responsible and forward-looking urban and regional planning and social space and district development to ensure municipal services of general interest .

definition

The term social space planning refers to both forms and further developments of public social planning that refer not only to living and needs in cities or municipalities as a whole, but also in individual social spaces, and create political and technical planning and decision-making bases for measures with which the Securing or creating balanced spatial and social conditions in all urban or regional sub-areas is supported.

aims

Depending on the understanding of “ social space”, the bandwidth of social space planning ranges from small-scale social planning to planning approaches that take into account the constitution of social spaces and socio-spatial relationship networks as well as processes of appropriation and exclusion.

Social spatial planning aims to take into account all areas of life such as participation , living , education , health , mobility , etc. in the planning. This means that it tries to network all relevant people and institutions in the planning process. This requires defined responsibilities, communicative connections between the relevant specialist and political areas and the participation of residents. Social spatial planning thus creates an important framework for a targeted, participatory social space organization and for community work or for social work in socio-spatial contexts.

tasks

The central tasks of social spatial planning (such as social planning) are derived from, among other things, various legal requirements, the implementation of which requires suitable planning bases.

From the Basic Law (GG) it emerges that the communal tasks are to be fulfilled in self-administration (Art. 28 Para. 2 Clause 1). The Building Code (BauGB) demands, among other things, sustainable urban development, socially fair land use that serves the common good and the safeguarding of a humane environment (Section 1, Paragraph 5). In another place, the information and participation of the public in planning is prescribed (§ 4a). According to the eighth book of the Social Security Code (SGB VIII), the right of every young person to promote his or her development and to be educated to become an independent and socially competent person (Section 1, Paragraph 1), among other things, by creating positive living conditions for young people and their families as well as the preservation or creation of a child- and family-friendly environment are realized (§ 1 Paragraph 3).

example

An example of social space planning is the model of integrated social space planning. It was already in 2006 based on the political demands of the Verein für Sozialplanung e. V. as well as on the basis of the conditions and needs in a major German city with over 200,000 inhabitants. Integrated social spatial planning sees itself as a necessary further development of “traditional” social planning (social infrastructure and services) in view of newer social challenges (poverty, migration, social spatial segregation, emigration, etc.). Conceptually, it is now being taken up by various municipalities.

The model is based on the premise that cities and municipalities need a balancing urban development policy or regional development policy in order to ensure services of general interest. With integrated social spatial planning , central specialist planning - such as social planning and urban and spatial planning - is tended to be brought together and development dynamics and processes of appropriation and exclusion are observed in various (social) areas. Therefore, in addition to small-scale monitoring ( social reporting ), this model also includes instruments for participation, cooperation, communication and exchange on a horizontal as well as vertical level: (1.) specialist planning conferences on the planning level in administration, (2.) planning room and social room conferences on the provision level in the social area as well as a (3rd) planning area management on an intermediate intermediate level to network the other two instruments.

literature

Ronald Lutz, Carsten Nöthling, Mario Rund (eds.). Integrated social space planning. Presentation of a model, Paulo Freire Verlag, Oldenburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86585-651-7 .
Mario Rund, Ronald Lutz. Integrated social space planning. Change communal practice . In: SOZIALwirtschaft aktuell, No. 2, 2009, pp. 14-17.
Veronika Hammer, Ronald Lutz, Silke Mardorf, Mario Rund (eds.). Live together - create together. Approaches and perspectives for integrated social spatial planning. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt a. M./New York 2010, ISBN 978-3-593-39284-4 .
Mario round. Multiple exclusions of children and young people in the context of municipal services of general interest. Reflections on the example of integrated social space planning . In: Veronika Hammer, Roland Lutz (eds.). New ways out of child and youth poverty. Juventa Verlag, Weinheim 2015, pp. 173–199, ISBN 978-3779932987 .

Web links

Remarks

^ Christian Reutlinger, Fabian Kessl: social space. An introduction. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-14946-2 .
↑ Monika Alisch, May Michael (ed.): Practical research in the social space. Case studies in rural and urban areas . Barbara Budrich Verlag, Opladen & Farmington Hills MI 2008, ISBN 978-3-86649-192-2 .
^ Sabine Stövesand, Christoph Stock, Ueli Troxler (eds.): Handbuch Gemeinwesenarbeit . Barbara Budrich Verlag, Opladen / Berlin / Toronto 2013, ISBN 978-3-86649-411-4 .

[1] Christian Reutlinger, Fabian Kessl: social space. An introduction. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2007, ISBN 978-3-531-14946-2 .

[2] Monika Alisch, May Michael (ed.): Practical research in the social space. Case studies in rural and urban areas . Barbara Budrich Verlag, Opladen & Farmington Hills MI 2008, ISBN 978-3-86649-192-2 .

[3] Sabine Stövesand, Christoph Stock, Ueli Troxler (eds.): Handbuch Gemeinwesenarbeit . Barbara Budrich Verlag, Opladen / Berlin / Toronto 2013, ISBN 978-3-86649-411-4 .