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Rebuilding communities through public space interventions: Co-learning from Beirut’s reconstruction after the 2020 port blast

Joana, Dabaj; Sara, Maassarani; Rigon, Andrea; Riccardo Luca, Conti; (2023) Rebuilding communities through public space interventions: Co-learning from Beirut’s reconstruction after the 2020 port blast. CatalyticAction & University College London (UCL): Beirut, Lebanon. Green open access

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Abstract

The participatory analysis of public space projects in Beirut is a research project implemented between October 2022 and May 2023 to map the different public space interventions that took place in Beirut following the port blast in 2020 and co-learn from the different actors involved to enhance future public space interventions in Lebanon. The research is documented in this guide, which synthesises the main learnings. This research project builds on previous related research and in particular the DeCID handbook on co-designing built projects with children affected by displacement (Rigon, Conti, Dabaj, 2021). The DeCID handbook is the key output of the GCRF-funded research implemented as a partnership by the Bartlett DPU and CatalyticAction, involving UNICEF and UN-Habitat; it collected evidence on the different dimensions of the impact of co-designed built projects. Additionally, as part of another GCRF funded project, “Assessing Vulnerabilities for urban recovery solutions in Beirut Post-Explosion” (Pietrostefani, et al., 2021), CatalyticAction with PROCOL Lebanon (previously RELIEF centre) investigated the role that public spaces play in addressing vulnerabilities in the neighbourhood of Karantina in Beirut post explosion. CatalyticAction also worked with UNDP Lebanon to research streets as public spaces in Karantina. The latter two research projects were implemented following a participatory approach that recruited and trained citizen scientists from the neighbourhood. These research projects highlighted a need to better understand the impact of the public space built projects completed as a response to the Beirut blast. Furthermore, CatalyticAction led the implementation of 11 public space projects in Beirut post explosion, and during various coordination meetings, local authorities and key stakeholders highlighted the need for a coordinated response that takes into account contextual specificities and residents’ needs.

Type: Report
Title: Rebuilding communities through public space interventions: Co-learning from Beirut’s reconstruction after the 2020 port blast
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://catalyticaction.org/rebuilding-communities...
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Beirut, Lebanon, Public space, reconstruction, co-learning, participatory learning, participatory design, post disaster reconstruction
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Development Planning Unit
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10189523
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