A group of Brisbane planners and practitioners developed the Strong Communities project to explore and articulate ways in which planning can contribute towards building social capital in communities. The aim of the project was to provide a product that can be used by local and state government planners in their program and policy work as well as by community development workers.

The Strong Communites Handbook  ( 1.45 MB) aims to provide a compendium text that is action oriented, outlining good planning practice that contributes towards building strong communities, covering the following planning activity areas:

• Community Engagement
• Planning for Cultural Diversity
• Political Engagement in planning
• Enhancing Access and Mobility
• Urban Design
• Housing
• Indicators for use in identifying and measuring community strengths.