The Tribune Tree

This book is the result of a research-action on the conditions of the citizen
participation in the policies of urban regeneration in response to a survey
ordered by the minister in charge of the "policy of the large cities" within
the Belgian federal government.

This research-action, coordinated by the team Habitat and Development of the
unit of urbanism and territorial development of the UCL, was carried out in
partnership with four associated members of the HaCER network (Habitants
Citoyens d'Europe en Réseau), the Neighbours association of Trinitat Nova,
Barcelona (Spain), the Estate Management Board of Bloomsbury, Birmingham (UK),
the Stadttleilgruppe of Tenever, Bremen (Germany), the Unione Borgate, Rome
(Italy) as well as the Maritime Quarter Committee in Molenbeek-St-Jean
(Belgium).

Beyond these 5 testimonies of participation’s experiments, research makes it
possible to better seize the articulation between the practices and the
institutional environment in which the participation evolves. As a results, a
series of proposals are applicable to Belgium