Consultants as intermediaries: Their perceptions on citizen involvement in urban development
| Autor: | EW Stapper, Leonie Janssen-Jansen, M.L. van der Veen |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Political Sociology (AISSR, FMG) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Public Administration
media_common.quotation_subject Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography Landgebruiksplanning WASS 02 engineering and technology Consultancy Management Monitoring Policy and Law Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Intermediary Urban planning Perception Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning Land Use Planning development agreement citizen participation media_common business.industry Landschapsarchitectuur en Ruimtelijke Planning 05 social sciences 021107 urban & regional planning Public relations urban development business 050703 geography |
| Zdroj: | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 38(1), 60-78 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 38 (2020) 1 Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 38(1), 60-78. SAGE Publications Ltd |
| ISSN: | 2399-6544 |
| Popis: | Planning consultants are increasingly hired to organize citizen participation processes for urban development projects. However, the ways in which planning consultants engage in and perceive the involvement of citizens in urban development projects remain relatively understudied. This article opens the black box of consultancy employees’ perceptions toward citizens in urban development processes. Employees from two consultancy firms in the Netherlands were interviewed, and several focus groups were organized. This research shows that consultants have wide-ranging views concerning the ways of incorporating citizens’ interests in urban development projects. With the use of Q-methodology, a typology of how consultants engage with citizens is proposed. Furthermore, we show that the different perceptions of consultants lead to a different approach in identifying the needs and problems of citizens. This finding gives insight into the context in which decisions about urban development are made. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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