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Planning guide for good living spaces

The intelligent and appropriate use of living space as a resource is culturally, socially and economically crucial for our future. However, building within existing built and lived settlement structures poses unfamiliar challenges for the actors.

This methodical guide serves as a navigation aid for planners, and anyone involved in developing transformation processes. Its goal is the strategic and professional empowerment of those actors. It offers an overview of the key questions for each planning phase and the in-fluencing factors that need to be taken into account.

On the basis of current case studies from Switzerland, it explores the opportunities and risks inherent in the feedback loop between methodology and practice.

• Easy-to-understand planning guide for good living spaces
• Foundational work for students, planners and anyone involved in planning processes
• Simply structured volume that identifies key issues and illustrates solutions through practical examples