If you want to explore any of the themes in the What if…?/Scotland exhibition further, here is a list of relevant resources and tools.

The Place Standard

The Place Standard tool provides a simple framework to structure conversations about place. It allows you to think about the physical elements of a place (for example its buildings, spaces, and transport links) as well as the social aspects (for example whether people feel they have a say in decision making).
placestandard.scot/

20 Minute Neighbourhood Briefing

The principle of a 20 minute neighbourhood is a place-based approach to enable more local living and thereby support everybody’s choices to enhance wellbeing for our people and planet.
improvementservice.org.uk/news/january-2021/local-living-briefing-on-20-minute-neighbourhoods

The Place Principle

The Place Principle aims to encourage better collaboration and community involvement, and improve the impact of combined energy, resources and investment.
gov.scot/publications/place-principle-introduction/

Housing to 2040

Scotland’s first long-term national housing strategy
gov.scot/collections/housing-to-2040/

Community Wealth Building

Community wealth building (CWB) is a people-centred approach to local economic development, which redirects wealth back into the local economy, and places control and benefits into the hands of local people.
gov.scot/policies/cities-regions/community-wealth-building/

Town Centre Regeneration

Sustainable regeneration of our towns can only be achieved through collaboration and investment which include or are led by local communities.
gov.scot/policies/regeneration/town-centre-regeneration/

Community-led Regeneration

Community-led regeneration is about people identifying issues and opportunities in their local area, deciding what to do about them and making positive changes in their communities
gov.scot/policies/regeneration/community-led-regeneration/

Designing for a Changing Climate

This report looks at how we can create great places, while tackling the climate emergency.
ads.org.uk/designing-for-a-changing-climate_report/

Material Considerations: A Library of Sustainable Building Materials

An online resource for anyone interested in sustainability.
materials.ads.org.uk/