City planners ask the public to participate in planning processes, but people are tired of showing up. Here are some of the reasons why. (Photo: Sangga Rima Roman Selia on Unsplash) This is your first ...

The necessity of strong public participation in planning processes of public authorities has been generally recognized in recent years. It is an area in which public authorities are still undergoing a ...

In just four years, PlaNYC has proved itself a remarkably valuable planning tool for New Yorkers, with unprecedentedly broad reach. In accessible language, it presents a unifying vision linking ...

Beginning in 2013, Kenya’s devolution of fiscal and administrative power to county governments has begun to address some of the historical marginalization of regions and ethnic groups not politically ...

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defined child-friendly cities as those that prioritize children’s access to safe environments, healthcare, education, green spaces, and the ...

CIVIL society groups are urging stronger participatory budget planning to close persistent gaps between national development plans and actual public spending, warning that limited citizen involvement ...

MUSCAT: A national workshop titled ‘The Participatory Approach in Health Services Planning’ was held in Muscat, organised by ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 39, No. 2 (May 2019), pp. D1-D13 (13 pages) Glacial mountain environments are changing rapidly as a result of climate change and the expansion of nature-based ...

There is great potential to take a bottom-up approach to development planning in the drylands that includes the knowledge, input, and support of dryland communities. To date, pastoralists have had ...

Policymakers are increasingly planning at local and regional levels for future climate-related impacts. The importance of stakeholders' involvement in such decision-making processes is discussed, but ...