Breaking the development logjam : new strategies for building community support / Douglas R. Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Douglas R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--Citizen participation.

City planning.

Community development.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ULI-the Urban Land Institute, c2006.

Summary:

<DIV>This book explains in plain terms how developers and planners can involve the community in the development process using the latest community engagement tools. It describes why, in these days of more complex projects and development approval procedures, it pays to win citizen support rather than fight opposition.</DIV>

Contents:

Front Cover; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Preface; Contents; I. Making Room at the Table: The Need for Community Engagement; The Overlooked Market for Development; Staying Alive: The Vital Role of Community Engagement; Tailoring Approaches for Community Engagement; Types of Engagement Processes; Giving Is Receiving: Developers as Participants; Consultants: Enough Bang for the Buck?; II. Crafting a Strategy for Community Engagement; Homing In on the Approach; Frame the Desired Outcome: Begin at the End; Evaluate Site Conditions and Potential Project Impacts; Know the Parties at Interest

Identify Community Attitudes and ExpectationsIII. Making It Happen: Achieving Community Acceptance; Setting Up the Engagement Process; Identifying an Official Convener; Determining Appropriate Types of Events; Managing Events; Structuring the Sequence of Events; Defining Roles of Participants; IV. Communicating the What, Where, and When; Building a Communications Strategy; In-House Published Information; Informative Events; Outside Publications; V. The Means of Participation; Tools for Engaging Participants; Graphic Representation; Three-Dimensional Models; Group Mapping Exercises

Keypad PollingImage Surveys; Digital Photo Simulation; Visualization Tools; Computer-Aided Interactive Discussions; VI. Case Studies of Community Engagement Processes for Planning and Development; Crawford Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Eastern Cambridge Planning Study, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Hellgate Meadows, Missoula, Montana; North St. Lucie County, Florida, Comprehensive Plan Charrette; Pleasant Hill BART Station, California; Rolling Mill Hill, Nashville, Tennessee; Village at Empire Pass Ski Resort, Park City, Utah; VII. Conclusions; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-87420-240-X

OCLC:

297853931