Short description
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This project applies an interdisciplinary approach to test the general and commonly accepted hypothesis that the availability and pertinence of information are crucial for the success of participatory (or collaborative) land-use planning processes that involve several groups of actors,including publicservants, professionals, representatives of property owners and the general public. This hypothesis is founded on the 'instrumental' viewpoint that when appropriate information is available at the appropriate time in the planning process then it will favour the successful outcome of that process. A second hypothesis founded on principles of 'governance' attributes overriding importance to the motives of all actors and institutions represented in the planning process. A third hypothesis that the negotiation of sets of rules regarding the roles and responsibilities of actors and institutions as well as the availability of approprate data, statistics and information are necessary for successful collaborative planning. This research includes case studies in the French speaking region of Switzerland in order to analyse and explain how and why available statistics and information may or may not be used effectively in decision-making processes. The research will propose a set of guidelines for the efficient application of these kinds of processes in the future.
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Partners and International Organizations
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AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, HU, IL, IT, MK, NL, NO, PL, PT, SE, UK
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Abstract
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This interdisciplinary research project presents a review of contributions about collaborative planning since the 1950s with an extensive biblography of publications in English and French. It also includes an indepth analysis of the planning process for a new residential neighbourhood in Meyrin, Geneva; and the analysis of the decision making process for the requalification of a large site in the neighbourhood of Malley in the agglomeration of Lausanne. The empirical study of these two land use planning processes has confirmed that the distribution of information during the process is more crucial for the participants to adhere to a concerted action than the institutional context including the official roles and responsibilities of the participants, and the behavioural rules applied during the decision making process. Therefore, the findings of this project challenge many publications in this domain while confirming the viewpoint of others. This project has formulated a set of guidelines for future applications of collaborative planning in Switzerland. These guidelines will be presented at an national seminar to be held in June 2010.
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