ABSTRACT
This chapter presents an initial investigation into participation across a number
of disciplines and subject areas as a means to identify other possible concepts
of relevance to wider social participation in architecture. The areas of Environ-
mental Psychology; Widening Governance; Housing; Planning and Regenera-
tion; Facilities Management and Post Occupancy Evaluation; and Product
Design were considered relevant for this study, as identified in Chapter 1. The
scope of potential literature relating to participation within these fields is exten-
sive and hence this chapter needs to be seen as a ‘scoping’ exercise to identify
key issues for possible further investigation.