Community participation in spatial planning: Exploring relationships between professional and lay stakeholders

Curry, N. (2012) Community participation in spatial planning: Exploring relationships between professional and lay stakeholders. Local Government Studies, 38 (3). pp. 345-366. ISSN 0300-3930

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2011.642948

Abstract

The literature that explores relationships between lay and professional stakeholders in community participation generally suggests that professionals perceive five main difficulties in working with lay people: it is unnecessary within democracies; lay people lack expertise; they are not representative; there is commonly a lack of trust, and decision-making is made more complex. In respect of spatial planning in South West England, from survey evidence these difficulties are not so apparent except in respect of complex decision-making. It is likely that the variation between the literature and the survey is influenced by the longer heritage of community participation in the spatial planning process in England, than in most other local authority services.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Available online 13 Jan 2012. This is an electronic version of an article published in Curry, N. (2012) Community participation in spatial planning: Exploring relationships between professional and lay stakeholders. Local Government Studies. ISSN 0300-3930. Local Government Studies is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03003930.2011.642948
Uncontrolled Keywords:	community participation, spatial planning, local government and public involvement in Health Act 2007, knowledge, equity, trust
Faculty/Department:	~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Environment and Technology > Countryside and Community Research Institute
ID Code:	13614
Deposited By:	Professor N. Curry
Deposited On:	22 Nov 2010 09:09
Last Modified:	26 Feb 2013 11:36