Author(s)

B.S. Offenbacker

Abstract

Barriers to effective public participation often hamper community decisionmaking processes in the United States. While some present-day government decision-making processes are inclusive and creatively engage stakeholders, others by the nature of their design, process and implementation are exclusionary. What are the political, socio-economic, psychological and the lack thereof -- affect a government’s ability to arrive at high quality, meaningful decisions on land use proposals? Keywords: public participation, public involvement, community involvement, stakeholders, community decision making. 1 Introduction This abstract will explore barriers to public participation (or P2, as it is sometimes known) in existing systems or processes and review possible effective conceptual and practical approaches. [Examples of entities that have developed successful brownfields public parti

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