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Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
State Public Participation Process Proposal
Author: State Public Participation Process Proposal
Author: Iowa. Department of TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309134412
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required by law, agencies usually have broad discretion about the extent of that involvement. Approaches vary widely, from holding public information-gathering meetings to forming advisory groups to actively including citizens in making and implementing decisions. Proponents of public participation argue that those who must live with the outcome of an environmental decision should have some influence on it. Critics maintain that public participation slows decision making and can lower its quality by including people unfamiliar with the science involved. This book concludes that, when done correctly, public participation improves the quality of federal agencies' decisions about the environment. Well-managed public involvement also increases the legitimacy of decisions in the eyes of those affected by them, which makes it more likely that the decisions will be implemented effectively. This book recommends that agencies recognize public participation as valuable to their objectives, not just as a formality required by the law. It details principles and approaches agencies can use to successfully involve the public.
Evaluating Public Participation in Policy Making
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264008969
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This book examines the key issues for consideration when evaluating information, consultation and public participation.
Public Participation in Water Resources Planning
Author: Katharine P. WarnerPublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Communication and Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making
Author: Stephen P. DepoePublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791460238
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Looks at the critical role of community members and other interested parties in environmental policy decision making.
A State of the Arts Study of Public Participation in the Water Resources Planning Process
Author: Katharine P. WarnerPublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Federal Register
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Category : Delegated legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
U.S. Department of Energy Proposed Environmental Justice Strategy
Author: United States. Department of EnergyPublisher:
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Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Democracy in Practice
Author: Thomas C. BeierlePublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136528083
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
In spite of the expanding role of public participation in environmental decisionmaking, there has been little systematic examination of whether it has, to date, contributed toward better environmental management. Neither have there been extensive empirical studies to examine how participation processes can be made more effective. Democracy in Practice brings together, for the first time, the collected experience of 30 years of public involvement in environmental decisionmaking. Using data from 239 cases, the authors evaluate the success of public participation and the contextual and procedural factors that lead to it. Thomas Beierle and Jerry Cayford demonstrate that public participation has not only improved environmental policy, but it has also played an important educational role and has helped resolve the conflict and mistrust that often plague environmental issues. Among the authors' findings are that intensive 'problem-solving' processes are most effective for achieving a broad set of social goals, and participant motivation and agency responsiveness are key factors for success. Democracy in Practice will be useful for a broad range of interests. For researchers, it assembles the most comprehensive data set on the practice of public participation, and presents a systematic typology and evaluation framework. For policymakers, political leaders, and citizens, it provides concrete advice about what to expect from public participation, and how it can be made more effective. Democracy in Practice concludes with a systematic guide for use by government agencies in their efforts to design successful public participation efforts.