This study examines community involvement in major U.S. military base
closures and realignments from 1988 to 2001. There were four waves of base closures
during this time. They were in 1988, 1991, 1993, and 1995. Community involvement
became an important criterion in the reuse decisions for the closed bases.
The methods used in this study are the literature review, a questionnaire with
analysis and three case studies. The literature review looks at the subject of community
involvement in general and community involvement in connection with closed military
bases.
The questionnaire was sent to 107 closed bases with fifty one base
representatives responding. The contents of the completed questionnaires were analyzed
for community involvement both during the base closure phase and the reuse phase.
There are three analyses based on community involvement plus a description of the
involvement techniques used. The first analysis uses the Community Involvement
Analysis. The results of this analysis were as follows. Community satisfaction depended
upon the community elements. In the next analysis, the Representation Analysis, community satisfaction depended upon the amount of representation and time of
representation. The regression analysis also showed that amount of representation and
time of representation to be optimum. The third analysis, the Involvement Analysis uses
the type and amount of community involvement, the amount of representation and the
time for representation for the analysis. The results were that the best model was the
type and amount of community involvement and amount of representation.
In addition, participation methods employed by the base redevelopment agencies
were described. Strategic planning was the overall method of community involvement
used and multiple involvement methods were used in that framework.
Finally, three bases were identified in the questionnaire as candidates for further
study and discussed in the study. They were Naval Air Station Cecil Field in
Jacksonville, Florida, Glenview Naval Air Station in Glenview, Illinois and Bayonne
Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne, New Jersey. The study of these bases provided
more information on the base closure process.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/2640 |
| Date | 01 November 2005 |
| Creators | Yahn, Nancy Stiles |
| Contributors | Seidel, Andrew D. |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Dissertation, text |
| Format | 2663866 bytes, electronic, application/pdf, born digital |
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