International Development Network
The RTPI recognises planning as a global profession and sees planners worldwide sharing a vision of creating sustainable places to live. Our International Development Network (IDN) is a networking and information resource for planners with an interest in planning and international development.
How to get involved
RTPI members and others who support these objectives are welcome to join the IDN. You need to have registered as a web-site user first: just click on 'Register Now' on the left-hand side of the RTPI home page. When asked, please complete your Profile fully. RTPI members please remember to include your membership number.
Once you have registered, just click on the 'Join IDN' link on the left of this page. Requesting access there triggers a message to the Network Manager who will confirm your membership by email.
Climate Change implications are now a hot topic for small island states in the Caribbean. Physical planning is playing a role in Planning for Adaptation for climate change in Trinidad and Tobago, although planners there are aware that more needs to be done. The professional body for planners on these islands, the Trinidad and Tobago Society of Planners, has produced a helpful briefing on the issues. More

Taken At The Flood, report of Adrian Atkinson's presentation at the Planning Convention, 15 June 2007
Address by Dr Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT at the Planning Convention in June 2007
Developing Creative Cities: A perspective from the UK Kevin Murray's paper for the Hong Kong Creative Cities Conference April 2007
Proceedings of the CAP Caribbean Regional Conference Re-shaping the Planning Agenda: Experiences of Small Island States, June 2007
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