International Development Network
The RTPI recognises planning as a global profession and sees planners worldwide sharing a vision of creating sustainable places to live. IDN is part of the RTPI’s co-ordinated international activity and strategy which also includes membership of international organisations, bilateral relations with individual countries and their planning associations, and support for planner-to-planner links. For more on this, and particularly the Institute’s involvement in the Global Planners Network, please visit the RTPI International home-page.
Our International Development Network (IDN) is a networking and information resource for planners with an interest in planning and international development. IDN Members receive a regular monthly bulletin of news, events and announcements (see a sample), receive invitations to meetings and can network with fellow members.
How to get involved
RTPI members and others who are committed to this vision of sustainable settlements world-wide are welcome to join the IDN. You need to have registered as a web-site user first: just click on 'Register' on the top right-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.
MR. BOAZIZI AND THE PLANNING SYSTEM
(IDN Members only) A thought-provoking article by IDN member Prof. Michal Lyons about the connection between planning and precarious employment. Members have the opportunity to comment on this piece. Read more
The Built Environment Professions in Disaster Risk Reduction and Response
IDN has been instrumental in producing a booklet about the role of the built environment professions in international disaster response: you can download a copy here.
RTPI Climate change challenge - the international dimension
Climate change poses a professional challenge to all planners and is prompting changes to the RTPI Vision for Planning. IDN Climate Change Champion Douglas McNab introduces the topic and gives it its international dimension. Read more
Climate Change has serious implications 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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| Radio 4 Today Programme features Map for England |
| RTPI Chief Executive Trudi Elliott appeared this morning on Today, the BBC’s flagship radio news programme, to discuss the challenges planners are facing. |
