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6.01. Foster grassroot movements
This principle probably corresponds better to local budgets than to town
planning. It is included because we believe that town planning should not
be exclusively about rules governing land ownership rights, but should
also cover genuine strategic urban planning (strategic not in the military
sense of winning in combat but in the general sense of using means to
achieve a goal) that should contain instructions for putting together local
budgets. Seen from this angle, the plans could be instrumental in
encouraging subsidies to grassroot organizations.
6.02. Reserve spaces for non-profit entities
In this case and still assuming that the town planning was reserved
exclusively for the allocation of ground usage and organisation of the
fabric and infrastructures, then the reservation of spaces for the local
associations to have somewhere to carry out their activity should also be
covered within the plans. Therefore, the specific legislation that
includes the terms of the plans should include standards governing this
reservation. The problem with reserving spaces in anticipation of needs is
that, in all probability, they will not respond to real social needs in the
future. To avoid this, those reservations that certain entities express a
need for in order to do their work should be included in the planning
process rather than as a standard in the law. So that regulations governing
the terms of the plans should in fact regulate on the topic as part of the
normal procedure of citizen participation. It seems more appropriate to put
down specific rather than generic ground reservations for carrying out
specific activities with the associations committing themselves to making
progress with these activities.
6.03. Foster social complexity
Fostering social complexity as appears in this principle is too vague an
expression to be functional as a regulation. However, in this work by the
fostering of social complexity we mean all those initiatives that, in one
way or another, contribute to the establishment of contact between the
various social strata. One possible example is the integration of protected
housing in unsubsidised group buildings. Given that this fostering
understood like this is very difficult to include in regulations, it ought
to become a recommendation and be considered (for example) in guides on the
planning of sustainable housing. In any case, this principle has also been
considered from a generic point of view so all references to issues that do
not fit within any of the other sections have been taken into
consideration.
6.04. Foster people's identification with their surroundings (cultural heritage)
This principle is also difficult to define. All references to cultural and
historical heritage, whether rural or urban, have been included here. In
Asturias, Catalonia and La Rioja specific reference has also been made to
quality of life.
6.05. Favour access to housing
The concepts under this criterion are also difficult to define. In this case,
they have been interpreted to include all references to protected housing,
despite the fact that some are too generic and others very specific.