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As Pune aspires to become one of the most livable city in India, it has initiated different initiatives to achieve the same. Place-Making is one such initiative to achieve its aspiration. Developing open spaces with innovative solutions not only upgrades the existing condition of space, it also enables community engagement and makes the surrounding more livable. Rapid urbanization has led to diminishing and deterioration of environment as well as urban spaces. To overcome these issues, Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited has taken a step to resolve this with an innovative solution and one of its kind in India, which is Place-Making. This project in its pilot stage has received an overwhelming response and hence has been extended further to 20 sites with altogether different themes considering gender, specially abled, age, etc. and thus making the project inclusive. This research work looks into the process followed for preparation of concept note which is the foundation of any project and component of stakeholder’s participation in the process for assessment, which is also an important aspect when it comes to development of open spaces. The findings from this research elucidate dearth of improvement required in Concept note preparation process and need of all stake holder’s participation in the entire process which is missing on ground. This report elucidates importance and recommends measures to be undertaken for improvement of the process for future development of the Place-Making project. The study on the assessment of concept note preparation process and component of stake holder’s participation was hence taken up as a project work.
Key words: Place-Making, open spaces, assessment, participation, urbanization.
