CONCLUSION & REFLECTIONS
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Through the Urban Ecological Planning course we have gotten the opportunity to work in depth with fieldwork research and stakeholder involvement in planning of possible interventions. As students with different academic backgrounds and fields of study, we have learned new methods and means of studying urban areas. It has been a challenge to work together considering our individual ways of working, as well as geographical distances and time zones. However, the group collaboration has been rewarding as we have learned a lot from our different cultures and how there can be both similarities and differences in our urban structures.
Reflections on Methods We used methods like transect walks, direct observation, photography and videos, interviews and online surveys to gather information about the case area in our respective countries. Through these methods we got lots of information about the area on a deeper level and it also helped us to select the focus area on our respective sites. Similarly, the Situational Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, Power- Interest Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Land Use Map helped us to further analyze our case area and find out the problems associated with it. The above methods were useful in the midst of COVID-19 situation as we took the method with necessary precaution and safety. The group discussion and other sessions could not be conducted as the COVID-19 cases were rising in most of our case areas and strict rules were being implemented by the respective government discouraging such actions.