This report considers the notion of ‘urban inclusion,’ focussing particularly on the potential for inclusion through the participation or meaningful involvement of local people in decisions related to transformation within their neighbourhoods and/or wider districts. The aim is to design a strategy for community involvement relating to the development of an area that forms part of the larger site developed between 2006 and 2012 for London’s Olympic Games. Our small site, known as Rick Roberts Way, lies within the London Borough of Newham, along the eastern edge of the Lea Valley and to the south of the main Olympic Park.
Developing the strategy will involve engaging with theory relating to inclusion and participation, and with debates relating to participatory practice in plans for urban change in London and elsewhere and specific techniques for promoting participation in urban design.
