Desmond M. Connor

Constructive Citizen Participation

A Resource Book

Eighth Edition 2001

Table of Contents



 INTRODUCTION
   
I OVERVIEW
I - 1  From partisans to partners
I - 3  Constructive Citizen Participation
I - 11  Preventing and Resolving Public Controversy
I - 15  Public Involvement Chart
I - 17  A New Ladder of Citizen Participation
I - 20  Design Options for Public Involvement in Land Management
I - 24  Involving the Silent Majority
I - 28  Breaking Through the "NIMBY" Syndrome
I - 31  The Environment, the Public, and the Mining Industry
I - 34  Ten Lessons Learned in 22 years of Public Participation
I - 37  Public Information/Relations/Participation?
I - 39  Public Participation in Canada: Development, Current Status and Trends
I - 46  Managing Airport-Community Relations
I - 50  The Design Maze for Public Involvement
I - 53  Constructive Citizen Participation: How to prevent and resolve public controversy
I - 54  Developing Positive Mining-Environmental Relations: Essential Elements in the Mine Development Process
I - 56  Public Participation: Ten Points
I - 55  From DAD to PEP?
I - 57  What natives have given to Canada
I - 58  Stakeholder versus Public Participation
I - 60  Public Participation Needs a 4WD: A Fable
I - 62  Environmental Management and the Public
I - 64  Public Participation and Impact Assessment: An Overview
I - 66  The Public and Healthcare: A Radical Proposal
I - 70  Some Lessons from Quebec City
I - 71  Restorative Justice: A New Field for Public Participation
   
II OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES
II - 1  The Social Profile
II - 5  The Organizational Social Profile
II - 6  The Responsive Publication
II - 6  The Reference Centre
II - 7  Sample Advertisement
II - 8  The Open House
II - 11  The Planning Workshop
II - 14  Citizen Advisory Committees
II - 15  C.A.C.s?
II - 16  The Citizen Advisory Committee
II - 17  Public Participation Matrix
II - 17  Community Information Representative
II - 18  Media Relations
II - 19  Why Hold a News Conference?
II - 19  Telephone Survey
II - 20  The Public Conversation: and Other Ways to Improve Public Meetings
II - 23  Consensus Building and Public Participation
II - 24  A Generic Design for Public Involvement Programs
II - 30  Informal Participation
II - 34  Public Advisory Committees: Factors in Success and Failure
II - 36  The Value Orientation Method: Another Tool for Understanding Communities
   
III MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
III - 1 The Changing Social and Political Climate
III - 1 Social Capital
III - 2 The Challenge Within: Organizational Sources of Public Controversy
III - 4 Participation and Organizational Management
III - 6 Career Development and Manpower Planning for Public Participation
III - 8 Evaluative Dimensions
III - 9 Evaluating Public Participation: A Practical Approach for Project Management
III - 12 Practical Considerations for Project Management
III - 13 Competencies for Public Participation
III - 16 Staff and Public Participation
III - 17 Organization Development for Public Participation: The Next Challenge
   
IV SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
IV - 1 Social Impact Assessment
IV - 5 Public Participation in the Evaluation of Community Impacts
IV - 6 Paproski's Propositions
IV - 7 A Community Approach to Social Impact Assessment
IV - 9 The Community - Partner or Patient in Social Impact Assessment
IV - 12 A Participative Model of Social Impact Assessment and Management
IV - 16 Managing the Community Impacts of Large Scale Development: A Participative Approach
IV - 21 Seven Cardinal Rules of Risk Communication
IV - 23 The Public and Social Impact Assessment
IV - 26 Publication: Social Impact Assessment
IV - 27 Participative Social Impact Assessment and Management: Cross-Cultural Application
   
V CASE STUDIES
V - 1  Constructive Citizen Participation (Highway 417)
V - 5  Citizens help plan Ottawa highway
V - 9  Citizens organize their own transit
V - 13 Farming Community Meets Planners
V - 17 A Calorie or a Kilowatt?
V - 18 The Public Participation Concept
V - 20 Public Participation in Energy Development
V - 21 Participative Planning for a Transmission Line
V - 24 The Halton Landfill Case
V - 27 Sample Brochure (Halton)
V - 29 Airports Strive to be Good Citizens
V - 30 Oakville Place - Citizens Support a Regional Shopping Centre
V - 33 Power for the Public - The Greening of Sask Power
V - 36 Siting Hazardous Petro-Chemical Facilities: Real Versus Perceived Risk
V - 39 Sample Brochure (Petro-Chemical)
V - 41 The Community: partner or problem in the mine development process
V - 43 A community welcomes a coal mine
V - 45 Public Controversy Over Mine Expansion Can Be Resolved
V - 47 Resolving Public Controversy Over Sand Disposal
V - 49 Involving the Public in Solid Waste Management Planning
V - 53 The Public and the Pulp Mill
V - 57 The Public and Social Housing Policy
V - 59 Public Consultation for Herbicide Treatment
V - 60 The Victoria Eaton Centre
V - 69 Yes, In My Backyard
V - 73 Managing NIMBY in the 1990's: Principles and Cases for Waste Managers
V - 77 The Calgary Experiment: is Transit Planning Negotiable?
V - 79 From Crisis to Credibility: Behind the Scenes of a Risk Communication Program
V - 81 The Nootka Sound Stability Coalition: Co-Management of Natural Resources
V - 84 The Mt. Milligan Project: Public Consultation for Mine Development
V - 86 The Jorgenson Process For Siting Livestock Projects
V - 90 The Public and Health System Planning: Lambton County's Experience
V - 92 Combining Conflict Resolution and Public Participation for Challenging Cases
V - 93 The Bridges of Winnipeg
V - 96 Public Participation in Forestry
V - 98 The Public and the Pork Industry
   
VI GLOBAL APPLICATIONS
VI - 1 Adapting Public Consultation to Different Political Cultures
VI - 5 Participative Social Impact Assessment & Management: Cross-Cultural Application
VI - 6 Model Approaches for Public Participation
VI - 10 Public Consultation for China's Environment
VI - 12 Public Participation in Western Europe: Current Status and Trends
VI - 20  How Does the Exploration Team Adapt to Different Countries?
VI - 21  Framework Strategy for Public Participation in Sustainable Development Decision-Making in the Americas
VI - 24 The Challenge for Forest Companies in Chile: Better relationships with neighbouring communities
   
VII ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOTE: A number of these papers can be read in the Library.

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