Here’s a piece I wrote on the myth of public participation in planning decisions here in San Francisco.
As soon as Planetizen posted it I got an email from the “Supervisor of Public Consultation, City of Toronto” to tell me that it is the same there. I wonder if there is a good working model for bringing the real public into city planning – and what kind of city results from it.
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/formfoilsfunction01012007
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