Designing Public Consensus presents examples of the interaction between architects, planners, landscape designers, engineers, and the public.

Features:

• Is an insightful and useful resource for architects, planners, and urban designers
• Includes case study examples illustrating approaches for working with small towns, large cities, government agencies, citizen activists, community groups, and other stakeholders

Contents

A Boston Education

• Case Study: Wharf District Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Ground Zero

• Case Study: Listening to the City, New York, New York

Planning in Public

• Case Studies: Austell Intermodal Facility, Austell, Georgia
• Youngstown 2010, Youngstown, Ohio

Designing Consensus

• Case Study: Freedom Park, Atlanta, Georgia

Leading by Collaboration

• Case Studies: Zoning Reform, Chicago, Illinois.
• West Philadelphia Initiatives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• Penn's Landing Forums, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Opposition

• Case Study: Disney's America, Haymarket, Virginia

The Future of Public Participation

• Case Studies: Mutirão 50, Fortaleza, Brazil.
• Visitacion Valley, San Francisco, California.
• Imagine New York, New York, New York

Index

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