Citizen-centered cities. Volume II, City studies of public involvement / Paul R. Messinger ; with contributions from Moein Khanlari, Heather Stewart and Rosslynn Zulla.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Messinger, Paul R., author.

Contributor:

Khanlari, Moein, contributor.

Stewart, Heather, contributor.

Zulla, Rosslynn, contributor.

Series:

Service systems and innovations in business and society collection. 2326-2699

Service systems and innovations in business and society collection, 2326-2699

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States--Citizen participation.

City planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 155 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Business Expert Pres, [2017]

Summary:

The twelve city studies in the present volume provide city administrators with a comparative perspective about how U.S. and Canadian cities carry out their public engagement activities. The myriad examples elevate the experience-base of city administrators striving to achieve a standard of excellence in public engagement. This volume also suggests at least two themes. First, large cities have complex, sometimes overlapping, administrative structures (often including regional transit authorities), and, partly as a result, the larger the city, the more the coordinated effort required to keep the public informed and engaged. Second, rising citizen expectations for digital outreach have raised the bar for public engagement. Approaches to public engagement, nevertheless, vary across cities for historic, demographic, and idiosyncratic reasons. Among large cities, Chicago is innovative in public involvement (e.g., its activities include participatory budgeting). Portland is one of the few cities to delegate decision making to public committees. And San Francisco must assure public involvement for multiple language communities. In Canada, commitment to public involvement emerged earliest in the western cities - Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton, more or less in that order - while the eastern cities appear to have experienced more institutional inertia.

Contents:

1. Themes in public involvement across cities

Part 1. Public involvement in six U.S. cities

2. Portland

3. San Francisco

4. Minneapolis

5. St. Louis

6. Chicago

7. New York City

Part 2. Public involvement in six Canadian cities

8. Edmonton

9. Calgary

10. Vancouver

11. Toronto

12. Ottawa

13. Montréal

References

List of contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781631576690

1631576690

OCLC:

986728732