In: Civil Engineering
QUESTION 4: PUBLIC PARTICIPATION “People are not demanding solutions, they are demanding the right to participate in the formulation of the solutions”. (Study Guide: Section 17.3). In view of the above statement, describe the proposed process of public participation with specific emphasis on the role of the town planner in such processes.
Public Participation in the planning of the town in which they are living is very important and should be considered by looking the present scenario where different views are required and the planning needs to be done by various perspectives. People are doing a correct thing as they are demanding the right to participate in the formulation of the solutions regarding their town by which they will not just sit and wait for the solutions to come and would work hard for the betterment of their own town. The process of public participation is being carried out in three steps which are being discussed below :
The above steps are to be carried out as if people want heir demand to be fulfilled and that they are permitted to participate in making the decisions regarding the planning and developing of their town.