ISBN:
9781443857185
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 331 Seiten)
Edition:
1st ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Kumar, Ashok Public Participation in Planning in India
DDC:
303.69
Keywords:
Political planning--Citizen participation
Abstract:
Mirroring the complexities of cities and neighborhoods, this volume makes a conscious departure from consensus-oriented public participation to conflict-resolving public participation. In India, planning practice generally involves citizens at different stages of plan-making with a clear purpose of securing a consensus aimed at legitimizing the policy content of a development plan. This book contests and challenges this consensus-oriented view of citizen participation in planning, arguing against the assertion that cities can be represented by a single public interest, for which consensus is sought by planners and policy makers. As such, it replaces consensus-centered rational planning models with Foucauldian and Lacanian models of planning to show that planning is riddled with a variety of spatial conflicts, most of which are resolvable. The book does not downplay differences of class and social and cultural identities of various kinds built on arbitrarily assumed public interest created erroneously by further assuming that the professionally trained planner is unbiased. It moves from theory to practice through case studies, which widens and deepens opportunities for public participation as new arenas beyond the processes of preparation of development plans are highlighted.The book also argues that spaces of public participation in planning are shrinking. For example, city development plans promoted under the erstwhile JNNUM programme and several other neoliberal policy regime initiatives have reduced the quality, as well as the extent of participatory practices in planning. The end result of this is that legally mandated participatory spaces are being used by powerful interests to pursue the neoliberal agenda.The volume is divided into three main parts. The first part deals with the theory and history of public participation and governance in
Abstract:
planning in India, and the second presents real-life case studies related to planning at a regional level in order to describe and empirically explore some of the theoretical arguments made in the first. The third section provides analyses of selected case studies at a local level. An introduction and conclusions, along with insights for the future, provide a coherent envelope to the book
Abstract:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspectives on Public Participation -- Theorizing Participation -- Towards Meaningful Participation -- Public Participation, Urban Governance and Planning -- Understanding State - Society Relationships -- Participatory Practices at City and Regional Scales -- Is Participatory Planning an Inclusionary Process? -- Regional Plan for Goa 2021 -- Questioning Development in Nagaland -- Reflections on Participatory Practices in Urban Planning -- Participatory Approach for Cultural Heritage Resource Management in Small Towns -- Provisions of Public Participation in Municipal Governance -- Participatory Budgeting in Pune, Maharashtra -- Participatory Practices at Local Level -- Local Area Plans in Delhi -- Public Participation at Local Level -- Emerging Role of RWAs -- Public Participation and the Role of NGOs in Two Slums of Delhi -- Social Control and Social Mobility -- Conclusions -- Contributors
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