Academic Paper

Rethinking Transect Walk and Community Mapping Process

Academic Paper

One of the most important phases of participatory planning is the transect walk and community planning process. The transect walk can be considered as a valuable on-field activity by which different urban actors can engaged in walking activity through a specified community area in order to break down the problems, assets and other existence solutions. While the community mapping is a kind of discussion process by which different urban actors identify the physical, social and economic characteristics of a given areas using maps and problems analysis techniques.