Public and Citizen Participation in Process Development Achievement: Advantages and Disadvantages

There are a lot of ways in which citizens can participate in politics in the UK without necessarily having to vote for example: joining a political party, boycotting, and even signing petitions and fund raising. However, there is an argument that there has been a participation crisis over the past years in the UK. A participation crisis is when less and less citizens take part in political activities; this can be shown in the decrease of voter turnout and the level of participation. On the other hand, there is an argument that there is in fact not a participation crisis because the turnout of voting is increasing and specific

The first stage in residential land development and possibly the most important is creating a community vision. A community vision is strategic plan in which the developer set goals and objectives that will address the needs of home owners and the municipality. In this stage a plan is created that illustrates the vision of what the community will look like once construction is complete (City of Mississauga, n.d.). This is a form of forward planning, where challenges are addressed, opportunities are utilized, and assets are capitalized on through creating a community vision (City of Mississauga, n.d.).

(c)  to provide increased opportunity for public involvement and participation in environmental planning and assessment.

If the Barasi Village’s controversy is resolved and the project ultimately proceeds, its success will somehow reflect public acceptance of mixed-use development in Corpus Christi. This positive sign might relatively pave the path for the implementation of Plan CC. According to the news article, the opponents of the Barisi Village project are mainly the residents from adjacent neighborhoods, who value green space, separation, and sparsity. They also fear the possibility of unsuccessful outcomes, environmental and traffic impact, or even the threat of privacy abuses. In contrast, the project is simultaneously supported by other nearby residents, who hope for an increase in their property values. In addition to that, the plan is encouraged by Pharaoh Valley Neighborhood Association and the City Council. In my perspective, young adults - who tend to favor metropolitan lifestyles, might also positively embrace the plan. Small-business owners might also bolster the project for it offers them financial

Citizens Participation- becoming informed, debating issues, and voting in elections. Document

In conclusion, every governing body holds a certain power for management and development of the cities, state, and nation. What I believe is that the local government should get power in policy making and make other decisions of particular areas within the state because local government will have more information about what are the actual need and wants of people of their locality. However, the local government should cooperate with the state government while implementing their policies. Furthermore, the laws and policies should be implemented by looking at all perceptive and values of the people over these issues.

This trend has been visible throughout his political career as during his campaigns he established the needs of the people and formulated strategies to help them achieve those targets. This means that his manifesto was based on the needs of the people. Using this strategy he has been able to implement the same information sharing mechanism in the city council to ensure that the other council members are aware of the needs of the people to help the council prioritize on various projects. He explained that the involvement of the public in decision-making will ensure that the leaders become more accountable and ultimately handle their role as the public caretakers (Náñez Para

Graham organizes the skills needed for active citizenry participation in order of importance, which also manifests itself in somewhat scientific process. The first three chapters focus on identifying the problem and traversing logistical requirements that pertain to the policy issue while the remaining chapters hone in on building relationships with people and navigating through the intricate webs of the media, organizations, and competition.

Milk’s model demonstrates various strengths but one overall limitation pertains to listening and responding to the needs of all San Franciscans. Throughout, Milk’s three elections he focused on self-interest change such as gay rights, which is a prominent issue. However, the people of San Francisco’s wants and needs were not being collectively explored or heard. However, in his last election he realized a collective community need concerning clean sidewalks without dog poop. Through this collective San Franciscan identified cause he was able to establish his position as an elected official. Thus, Milk’s model does not target inclusive community engagement or participation pertaining to government responses or plans.

The Planning Act, RSO 1990: The planning context in Ontario follows the rules and regulations of the Ontario’s Planning Act, R.S.O 1990. This legislation sets out the limits of how land uses may be used to regulate growth and development activities and who may control them. The permission to adopt local documents, such as an official plan, are contained within the Act, and its contents provide the basis for considering provincial interest. The Planning Act outlines the rules of stakeholder participation and procedural deadlines for each planning matter.

Any plan must be careful to be inclusive as to the concerns of the targeted population especially when there are ecological concerns. The victims of Hurricane Katrina were asked to evacuate their homes, but some 70,00 residents declined. A survey of resident’s who declined not to evacuate cited the following reasons (Gemenne, 2010):

Anderson, J. (2008). Talk to the hand? Community Councils and Planning Consultation. Planning Theory, 284-300

Along with a thorough enough discussion of anything comes the inevitable unearthing of its strengths and weaknesses. The Portland Plan has a number of strengths: it is comprehensive, well thought out, inclusive, and should ultimately lead to a well-planned and sustainable city. How in-depth the Portland Plan is, is a testament to its preparedness to face any challenges to lead the Portland of today into becoming the Portland of tomorrow, as any potential question that may arise is likely addressed within the text of the plan. The mercurial nature of the plan is to its advantage, as anything not addressed within the text of the plan does not render the plan obsolete, but rather may be simply found by finding the popular opinion of the

Participation contributes to transparency, which is another important attribute of democracy in general and accountability in particular. Furthermore, citizen participation may facilitate better efficiency, legitimacy, public cooperation and

With the development of society and economic, public participation has been a popular topic which attracted people from different fields. On the basic of various theories of urban planning, a great amount of market economy countries have successively established public participation system in the field of urban planning. These successful experiences provide a good guide for China urban planning to use for reference, the changes in Chinese politics, economic system and social culture also provide an opportunity to do a new change on urban planning system of China. This article mainly introduces three planning theories which represent different degrees of participation in urban planning, and then an analysis of these three theories in connection to the status of urban planning of China will be provided. At the end of this article, I will give out several improvements in relation to the issues in urban planning of China.