This research examines participatory planning processes in rural Egypt, which was deemed successful by the local people. The purpose is to identify elements that caused these projects to be perceived successful. Using the normative participatory planning theory that is usually used in the West as a theoretical context, the research examined three successful development efforts in rural Egypt. Projects' publications and planning documents were reviewed to build a context for interviews. The projects' planners were interviewed for descriptions of their initial designs for the participatory planning processes employed. An opportunistic sampling technique was used to identify local participants who were interviewed for descriptions of their experiences in the planning processes. The analysis suggests that the participatory planning processes implemented had the same stages as the normative planning process in the West. The thick description of the processes by the interviewees revealed subtle elements within the processes that governed the participants' evaluation. Bedouin interviewees viewed consensus as the only valid mode of final agreement in indigenous peoples' decision-making processes. Bedouin participants were found to consider perceptions of time, and choice of space and language used in planning sessions to be extremely important, significantly impacting their evaluation of the process in which they took part. Long sessions that took place locally and were formatted in a traditional Bedouin manner were perceived more successful. Bedouin dialect and Bedouin hospitality employed during sessions also increased the perceived success of planning sessions. Such subtle Bedouin interpretation of elements of social environment guided their perceptions of the success or failure of the planning processes. Government planning agencies and planners should integrate the indigenous peoples' traditional decision-making processes in their designs for participatory planning processes, when planning development projects. Also indigenous people should take responsibility to present their cultural methods to individuals and agencies involved in planning such development projects in their locale. This can lead to a change in the planning culture to engage in more organic, grassroots' processes. Community-based, organic-design processes will significantly increase the likelihood of achieving the full potential of a plan in the short and long term. / Ph. D.

A review of participatory methods used by forty-nine of the fifty State Departments of Transportation during preparation of their most recently adopted statewide long-range transportation plan revealed the flexibility needed to design context-sensitive methods tailored to the specific planning situation. Four parameters are used to characterize methods used by the States: the planning purpose, participatory goal, timing, and the public scale. The report discusses five opportunities to optimize the participatory process that can broaden reach while maintaining a slim budget. These value-added strategies include taking the process to the public, taking stock of public knowledge and understanding, leveraging existing local relationships, using online techniques to supplement face-to-face contact, and integrating public input into the plan. / text

Recent discussions of participatory urban planning have focused largely on municipal-led initiatives for collaborative resident engagement as an increasingly visible trend of neoliberal urban governance. Critical observers have noted the alliance between local government and business interests, and their capacities to manage, co-opt, and depoliticize diverse community-based efforts, and to marginalize dissent, through public-private partnerships, often facilitated by private consultants. Actual practices of participation demonstrate a variety of alternative meanings. This case study of a community-based planning initiative for public housing redevelopment in Memphis, TN challenges and complicates these narratives. The Memphis Housing Authority invited a local community organization to lead a participatory planning initiative for redeveloping the city's last remaining public housing development. This initiative was then cancelled by the MHA after it produced data indicating that residents' visions did not align with the city's designs for the neighborhood, and instead would be used to protest impending housing demolitions. The ongoing struggle calls into question the authenticity of commitments to resident empowerment by local governments, and makes visible a serious disagreement about what exactly is meant by participation itself. I address the limitations of a normative discourse of participation, and offer possibilities for reframing the politics of participatory practice.

Use of digital visualization tools in planning is nowadays widely practiced around the world by various contributors to the field and in different planning scales. Visualization facilitates perception of underlying thoughts and objectives of planning alternatives and consequently assists with communication of the plan to stakeholders of different groups. This – in turn - enables them to actively and efficiently participate in the procedure from the very initial stages to the implementation phase thanks to the insight provided by user-friendly visualization tools. Available visualization tools for planning, however, are either not integrated and efficient enough or too resource- or expertise-demanding and thus not entirely fulfilling the qualities mentioned above. This study is a search for a conceptual framework for the optimal web-based visualization tool. Web-basedness diminishes temporal and spatial distance among the users and planning agents and provides the possibility for more participation in and interaction with planning projects. Within this study, major characteristics of an optimal tool have been investigated through literature and online resources, contacts with experts and practitioners, a survey over existing products and visual analysis of the outcomes. An evaluation cube was initially developed and then used as the basis for a set of duality criteria. A selection of visualization tools were examined against those criteria and results were demonstrated visually. Eventually, findings were used to provide a backcasted example of the optimal tool and suggestions were made for actual development of the package to be used by planning agents.

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Submitted by Silvana Teresinha Dornelles Studzinski (sstudzinski) on 2016-10-04T18:09:18Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Isabel Cristina de Souza Bertuol_.pdf: 2093842 bytes, checksum: e4b387fdc41d6cd06dd6e9dbbe666782 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-04T18:09:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Isabel Cristina de Souza Bertuol_.pdf: 2093842 bytes, checksum: e4b387fdc41d6cd06dd6e9dbbe666782 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-18 / Nenhuma / O presente estudo é de enfoque qualitativo, vinculado à linha de pesquisa Cuidado em Saúde e Enfermagem do Programa de Pós-Graduação da Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - nível Mestrado Profissional em Enfermagem. Possui como objetivo a elaboração de um planejamento estratégico participativo, buscando traduzir e alinhar a estratégia e a visão institucional ao Serviço de Enfermagem para a qualificação das unidades de trabalho que compõe a estrutura organizacional de um Hospital Privado na cidade de Caxias do Sul-Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa abrangeu a proposição de construir um planejamento estratégico para o serviço de enfermagem com a participação dos enfermeiros que compõe o serviço. As etapas da construção contemplaram a definição da missão, visão e valores que norteiam as práticas da enfermagem; o levantamento e análise de forças, fraquezas, ameaças e oportunidades que interferem no serviço de enfermagem; a construção do mapa estratégico do serviço utilizando-se o Balanced Scorecard; a descrição do negócio das unidades assistenciais e a construção do plano de ação. Participaram do estudo nove enfermeiros que compõe o serviço de enfermagem em funções assistenciais e administrativas. A coleta de dados foi realizada através da metodologia Joint Application Design que desenvolve o trabalho em grupo, envolvendo profissionais na discussão de um tema, produzindo soluções sinérgicas e uma forte confiança no sucesso da implementação do trabalho. A construção do trabalho ocorreu através de reuniões que foram gravadas, transcritas e, após, submetidas à análise de conteúdo proposta por Bardin (2011). Desenvolveu-se a construção coletiva dos objetivos estratégicos definidos no mapa estratégico do serviço a partir do alinhamento à estratégia institucional e à análise das forças, fraquezas, oportunidades e ameaças, definidas a partir da análise dos cenários interno e externo. Foi realizada a descrição de negócios com base no modelo de Falconi (2004), das unidades de internação adulto e pediátrica, bloco cirúrgico, centro obstétrico, emergência, unidades de terapia intensiva adulto, neonatal e pediátrica e setor de diagnóstico por imagem. O plano de ação foi desenvolvido a partir dos objetivos estratégicos definidos e contemplou ações de educação e desenvolvimento das pessoas que compõe o serviço, satisfação e clima interno, inovação e atualização, processos de trabalho e gestão. O trabalho possibilitou o envolvimento e valorização dos profissionais enfermeiros na estruturação do serviço de enfermagem, promovendo maior participação, organização, credibilidade e visibilidade ao trabalho da enfermagem. / This study is a qualitative approach - linked to the line of research Health Care Nursing of the postgraduate studies Program of Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Professional Master's level in Nursing. Its objective is the development of a participatory strategic planning seeking to translate and align the strategy and the institutional vision to the Nursing Service for the qualification of the work units that make up the organizational structure of a Private Hospital in the city of Caxias do Sul – Rio Grande do Sul. The research covered the proposition to build a strategic planning for the nursing service with the participation of nurses who form the service. The stages of construction contemplated the definition of the mission, vision and values that guide the nursing practice; the survey and analysis of strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities that interfere in the nursing service; the construction of the strategic service map using the Balanced Scorecard; the business description of the care units and the construction of the action plan. Participated in the study nine nurses who make up the nursing service in assistential and administrative functions. The data collection was performed using the Joint Application Design methodology, which promotes group work involving professionals in the discussion of an issue producing synergistic solutions and a strong confidence in the successful implementation of the work. The construction of the plan took place through meetings that were recorded, transcribed and after subjected to content analysis proposed by Bardin (2011). It was developed, the collective construction of the strategic objectives defined in the strategic service map from the alignment with the corporate strategy and the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, defined from the analysis of internal and external scenarios. The business description was made based on the Falconi model (2004), of the adult inpatient units and pediatric, surgical block, obstetric center, emergency, adult, neonatal and pediatric intense care units and the diagnostic imaging sector. The action plan was developed from the defined strategic objectives and contemplated actions for the education and development of the people who make up the service, satisfaction and internal environment, innovation and updating, work processes and management. The work enabled the development and appreciation of the professional nurses in the structuring of the nursing service promoting greater organization, credibility and visibility to the nursing work.

<p>Reardon, Mitchell. (2010) <em>An Opportunity for Renewal: The Participatory Process and Social and Income Diversity in Brownfield Developments</em></p><p>Urban and Regional Planning, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Urban and Regional Planning, 30 ECTS credits.</p><p>Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Borén</p><p>Language: English</p><p> </p><p>Participatory planning and the redevelopment of brownfield locations have both figured prominently in urban and regional planning strategies in recent decades. Despite their growing importance, these trends have rarely been analysed in concert however. Further, the issues of social and income diversity within this context have received less attention. In recognizing this void, this paper explores the use of participatory planning in brownfield developments, with an emphasis on social and income diversity. Through a review of the participatory planning theories of communicative action and the just city, strategies for promoting participatory planning and social and income diversity, are identified. A case study of Norra Djurgårdsstaden, a brownfield development in Stockholm, Sweden is employed to analyse these strategies. In undertaking the case study, data was collected through interviews and planning documents. This study found that the inherently high cost of redeveloping brownfield locations inhibits social and income diversity and requires an overt response to mitigate it. Participatory planning offers the possibility of engaging stakeholders who may otherwise be ignored, providing the opportunity to create a more inclusive development. It is also clear that an inclusionary goal must be part of a wider strategy, or is otherwise likely to be ignored.</p>

Reardon, Mitchell. (2010) An Opportunity for Renewal: The Participatory Process and Social and Income Diversity in Brownfield Developments Urban and Regional Planning, advanced level, master thesis for master exam in Urban and Regional Planning, 30 ECTS credits. Supervisor: Dr. Thomas Borén Language: English   Participatory planning and the redevelopment of brownfield locations have both figured prominently in urban and regional planning strategies in recent decades. Despite their growing importance, these trends have rarely been analysed in concert however. Further, the issues of social and income diversity within this context have received less attention. In recognizing this void, this paper explores the use of participatory planning in brownfield developments, with an emphasis on social and income diversity. Through a review of the participatory planning theories of communicative action and the just city, strategies for promoting participatory planning and social and income diversity, are identified. A case study of Norra Djurgårdsstaden, a brownfield development in Stockholm, Sweden is employed to analyse these strategies. In undertaking the case study, data was collected through interviews and planning documents. This study found that the inherently high cost of redeveloping brownfield locations inhibits social and income diversity and requires an overt response to mitigate it. Participatory planning offers the possibility of engaging stakeholders who may otherwise be ignored, providing the opportunity to create a more inclusive development. It is also clear that an inclusionary goal must be part of a wider strategy, or is otherwise likely to be ignored.

The transformation of the planning paradigm from rational comprehensive planning to participatory planning is commonly explained by the shift from instrumental rationality to communicative rationality. Based on communicative rationality, participatory planning approach has its own assumptions. One of the assumptions and pre-conditions of the realization of participatory planning practices is consensus-building. However, because of context-dependency of participatory planning processes, building consensus at the same level within every unique context is not possible. Therefore, comparing the participatory processes in terms of their success, which is commonly evaluated with standard success criteria in the literature, cannot be proper to participatory planning approach. Moreover, for the present study, exploring the factors affecting the participatory processes with a critical approach to increase the realization chance of participatory practices is more important than evaluating their successes. Focusing on the factors, affecting the participatory planning processes at interactional and socio-cultural levels, the thesis study aims to explore the socio-psychological dimensions of participatory processes that hinder and/or enhance them. To do that, the study poses three main research questions: &lsquo / what are the socio-psychological dimensions of the participatory processes of Gazi, Kaymakli, Odunpazari and Seyrek?&rsquo / , &lsquo / how much do socio-psychological dimensions explain the success of participatory processes?&rsquo / and &lsquo / how do socio-psychological dimensions explain contextually different participatory processes?&rsquo / To respond to these questions, the study was designed as case study and intended to pursue exploratory and quasi-experimental research approaches. As a result of the study, the research questions were answered in the case of the &lsquo / Local Government and NGO Cooperation in Participatory Democracy&rsquo / project in the Turkish context.

Co-management agreements for land and resource management can be viewed as emerging forms of a participatory planning model. They strive for equal aboriginal involvement and result not only in more equitable management strategies, but also incorporate aboriginal worldviews and traditional knowledge. This type of planning model is an iterative learning process for all parties involved and is most effective when mechanisms and processes to develop a co-management agreement are situational and contextually appropriate to each location and aboriginal group involved. Co-management agreements should be valued as interim forms that bridge restrictions on and exclusion of aboriginal peoples’ use and influence in relation to land and natural resources, on one side, and complete control through self-government, on the other. This practicum assesses levels of co-management for two case studies by: reviewing relevant literature, analyzing the co-management agreements and plans of management and surveying key personnel at Uluru – Kata Tjuta National Park in Australia and the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site in Canada. The study does conclude that the degree of involvement of aboriginal participation is still wanting, but is higher than it would be if no such framework had been applied. To achieve the full benefits of equality in power distribution, the author suggests that co-management at the highest level should be negotiated either within or as part of land claims agreement or as part of a land title transfer to traditional owners. / October 2005