
Honk If You’re Honu feat. Dr Gareth Fearn
TRASHFUTURE
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Democratic Planning and Building Public Capacity
This chapter discusses the democratic aspects of planning, emphasizing the need to actively involve the public and build public capacity. It contrasts this approach with mainstream suggestions to streamline the planning system and advocates for significant improvement. The speakers also address the challenges of land use and planning from a neoliberal perspective, advocating for a powerful planning system that can stand in the way of developers and highlighting the importance of substantive and inclusive plan-making. The chapter also touches on the issue of flooding and suggests that planning system reform should aim to prevent displacement due to flooding.
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