Information Management for Public Participation in Co-design Processes: Evaluation of a Dutch Example

Bert Enserink and Rene Monnikhof

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2003, vol. 46, issue 3, 315-344

Abstract: Impact assessment and project appraisal are taking a participatory track but the potential gain from the information, creativity and values stakeholders bring to the process is seldom realized. At issue is the design and preliminary screening of alternatives, which remains the domain of experts: designers, architects and engineers. The authors were involved in a participatory 'quick scan' project around the passage of a new high-speed rail line in which participants were actively involved in generating and screening alternatives. In this case study report they will show that deliberate information management in the design and evaluation of alternatives offers potential for better outcomes, but that the absence of stimulation of participant creativity and insufficient embedding of the participatory process in the larger political setting may prevent this.

Date: 2003
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