New city models, such as the proximity city or the 15-minute city, have neglected to listen to every citizen group that lives in the city. This is specially true for people with disabilities, who have been historically excluded from public consultings and participatory processes when aiming at creating more citizen-friendly cities. These include studies and analysis on the later trends on urban planning.
The Proximity Flower is a tool that is now being used to address proximity city practices. It help gather information on what land-uses citizens want to have in the nearby area to their homes, which can influence neighbourhood planning. Currently, the Proximity Flower is an artistic and hand-and-crafts tool where participants hand-write the uses and activities on a printed flower drawing. This can generate barriers for people with different disabilities, resulting in rejecting their participation and excluding their needs from the equation.
Objectives of the project
This object seeks to compile the different needs and perceptions of people with disabilities on the proximity city approach. More specifically, its goal is to update the Proximity Flower in order to grant full participation of every citizen during consulting processes in equal conditions, so their needs are heard and covered.
Citizen Science
This project was developed in coordination with people with disabilities to obtain first-hand insights and working methodologies. Along with them, the different activities within the project will be organized and developed, and the results and conclusions will be extracted and disseminated.
This will help people with disability exit the role of mere objects of study, and they will turn into active agents of the research project.