Planning for Public Participation: The Design of Implementable Strategies

Rachelle Alterman
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Rachelle Alterman: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa 32000, Israel

Environment and Planning B, 1982, vol. 9, issue 3, 295-313

Abstract: In the hope of improving the performance of public participation programs in practice, this paper applies a perspective drawn from the recent literature on implementation assessment to the design of such programs. Viewing participation not only as a way of structuring the relationship among groups, but as itself an object of varying interests and perceptions, the paper proposes the concept of a strategy of participation which implies the need to take into account the likely actions and points of view that the actors might take vis-Ã -vis the participation program. The paper presents a framework whereby alternative participatory strategies may be designed and methods selected. This framework is based on a set of six decision variables: the type of issue; goals and objectives; definition of the public; the power relationship; the stage in the planning process; and types of resources.

Date: 1982
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