Marching to the beat of a silent drum: Wasted consensus-building and failed neighborhood participatory planning

McTague, Colleen; Jakubowski, Susan L

doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.07.019

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“… o No or insufficient resources for neighbourhood-level data collection (e.g. population and infrastructure) [ 26 ]. o Inability to deliver targeted outcomes (e.g.…”

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“… o Demands for volunteer labour place a particular burden on or serve to limit participation of those with little to no leisure time [ 20 , 22 , 24 ]. Cluster C: Information-sharing and gathering Cluster D: Implementation o Infrequent information sharing (gaps and silences) [ 26 ]. o Information shared is vague (e.g.…”

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“… o Information shared is vague (e.g. language is confusing or inconsistent, lack of detail) [ 26 ]. o Information and meetings in language of dominant group [ 18 , 20 ].…”

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“… o Excessive focus on consensus, conflict seen as antithetical to process [ 21 , 24 ]. o Participatory aspect of process includes planning but not implementation [ 19 , 23 , 26 ]. o No plan to monitor and report back on implementation.…”

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Bringing stakeholders together for urban health equity: hallmarks of a compromised process

Katz

Cheff

O’Campo

2015

Int J Equity Health

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There is a global trend towards the use of ad hoc participation processes that seek to engage grassroots stakeholders in decisions related to municipal infrastructure, land use and services. We present the results of a scholarly literature review examining 14 articles detailing specific cases of these processes to contribute to the discussion regarding their utility in advancing health equity. We explore hallmarks of compromised processes, potential harms to grassroots stakeholders, and potential mitigating factors. We conclude that participation processes often cut off participation following the planning phase at the point of implementation, limiting convener accountability to grassroots stakeholders, and, further, that where participation processes yield gains, these are often due to independent grassroots action. Given the emphasis on participation in health equity discourse, this study seeks to provide a real world exploration of the pitfalls and potential harms of participation processes that is relevant to health equity theory and practice.

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“… o No or insufficient resources for neighbourhood-level data collection (e.g. population and infrastructure) [ 26 ]. o Inability to deliver targeted outcomes (e.g.…”

Section: Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

“… o Information shared is vague (e.g. language is confusing or inconsistent, lack of detail) [ 26 ]. o Information and meetings in language of dominant group [ 18 , 20 ].…”

Section: Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Bringing stakeholders together for urban health equity: hallmarks of a compromised process

Katz

Cheff

O’Campo

2015

Int J Equity Health

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“…One of the actions toward "deeper" democracy has been participatory planning, an approach which emphasizes community involvement in the strategic and management processes of planning and makes use of its stakeholders' knowledge, resources, and commitment (McTague and Jakubowski 2013). Generally, the term participation in the planning or development domain is used to denote very diverse actions, from civil debate and communication, consultation and the delegation of activities, to partnerships, communal meetings, and political decentralization (Davidson et al 2007).…”

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Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Urban Context: Experience from Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Istenič

Kozina

2019

Participatory Research and Planning in Practice

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The aim of the chapter is to assess how post-socialist cities and towns encourage the involvement of their citizens into decision-making outside electoral procedures. It presents an analysis of the structures, mechanisms, and specificities related to participatory planning in five municipalities of Central and Eastern Europe: Prague 9 (Czech Republic), Velenje (Slovenia), Székesfehérvár (Hungary), Blagoevgrad (Bulgaria), and Vaslui (Romania). It is based on the self-assessment of public administrators providing their identification and evaluation of the mechanisms as well as their subjective perception of participatory planning at the strategic and neighborhood level. The results revealed that participatory planning remains a great challenge in a post-socialist urban context. We conclude that it is important to work with both citizens and public officials if we want to enforce participatory planning as an efficient governance model.

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Crowdsourcing of Environmental Health Quality Perceptions: A Pilot Study of Kroměříž, Czech Republic

Pánek

Mařincová

Putalová

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Citizen Empowered Mapping

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Marching to the beat of a silent drum: Wasted consensus-building and failed neighborhood participatory planning

Cited by 18 publications

References 18 publications

Bringing stakeholders together for urban health equity: hallmarks of a compromised process

Bringing stakeholders together for urban health equity: hallmarks of a compromised process

Participatory Planning in a Post-socialist Urban Context: Experience from Five Cities in Central and Eastern Europe

Crowdsourcing of Environmental Health Quality Perceptions: A Pilot Study of Kroměříž, Czech Republic

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