2004 UC Proceedings Abstract
Creating Consensus Plans Using GIS Technology Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Steve Mullen Planning is about managing change to 'arrive at a future of our own choosing'. A common 'vision' is required for this to occur and the most power tool to direct growth. A vision born from a public process that demonstrates it is a good plan and has broad community support is much more likely to be implemented than a plan derived from the traditional 'expert approach', where consultants tell the community what they need and how to get it. Planning and design becomes more complex everyday. Yet how does this 'added complexity' synchronize with 'more and better public involvement'? Is it a contradiction? The new role of planners is to devise methodology that 'enables decisiveness despite complexity'. Tools like GIS that graphically communicate the implication of planning and design decisions are invaluable when consensus in the final solution is demanded. Steve Mullen CommunityViz 1035 Pearl Street, 5th Floor Boulder , CO 80302 US Phone: 303-442-8800 E-mail: smullen@communityviz.com |
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