Tyranny of the median and costly consent: A reflection on the justification for participatory urban planning processes

Planning Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 255-270

  Kaza, Nikhil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Consent; Participation; Persuasion; Political economy

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; PARADIGM SHIFT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING PROCESS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 33750742264     PISSN: 14730952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473095206068630     Document Type: Article

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