The National Coalition for Dialogue Deliberation reports on the Portland City Council’s new “Public Involvement Principles.”
Next American City argues that technology in public participation is just a means to an end: you still have to get the process right.
countably infinite reflects on the tension between the notion of planning technologically-based smart, green cities and the organic messiness of how open data and open standards impact city planning in the real world.
In People & Place, Howard Silverman promotes a hybrid expert-public model of civic participation.
Augmented Reality shows off a new augmented reality kiosk application offering tantalizing possibilities for city planning visualization tools.
The Infrastructurist links to a New York Times article on a new University of Oregon “Sustainable Cities” program that taps 600 students in 25 classes to develop an economic development plan for the city of Salem and a plan to connect Salem’s parks with bicycle and pedestrian trails.
The National Charrette Institute makes the case for educating public process participants about complicated issues before the public participation process begins.
