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Identifying Misalignments between Public Participation Process and Context in Urban Development
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Abstract Public participation is a common element in state-of-the-art urban development projects. Tailoring the public participation process to the local context is a popular strategy for ensuring sufficient turnout and meaningful engagement, but this strategy faces several challenges. Through a review of ca... view more
Public participation is a common element in state-of-the-art urban development projects. Tailoring the public participation process to the local context is a popular strategy for ensuring sufficient turnout and meaningful engagement, but this strategy faces several challenges. Through a review of case studies of public participation in urban development projects, we identify ten typical misalignments between the public participation process and the local context, including the lack of policy maker support, adverse personal circumstances of participants, low collaborative capacity, and mistrust, among others. When a public participation process is not aligned to the local context, the process may generate outcomes that compromise public interests, inequitably distribute benefits among stakeholders, or favor powerful private interests. This study offers caution and guidance to planning practitioners and researchers on how to contextualize public participation in urban development projects through the categorization of common misalignments that ought to be avoided.... view less
Keywords
urban development; urban planning; citizens' participation; participation; sustainability
Classification
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Free Keywords
local governance; public participation; stakeholder engagement; sustainability governance; urban development
Document language
English
Publication Year
2017
Page/Pages
p. 11-22
Journal
Challenges in Sustainability, 5 (2017) 2
ISSN
2297-6477
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed