Planners involved in public participation processes require methods of engagement and negotiation within the context of the everyday living environment or Lebensraum. The planning process develops as heterogeneous group of participants move towards sharing knowledge and a shared consensus that emerges from the moved interaction and communication within the group of participants.To interactively communicate it is necessary to first make contact and then to arrive at a mutual understanding. Mutual understanding is possible if the participants have corresponding capacities to perceive...
Planners involved in public participation processes require methods of engagement and negotiation within the context of the everyday living environm...