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participatory planning  

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  • Spatial planning systems across the world influence the places and spaces where people work and live and are deemed to operate in the public interest to ensure that land use planning and development result in more sustainable communities. This is a complex task, given the diverse nature of public, private, and community interests affected by and involved in the planning system and process. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Participatory Planning]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/participatory_planning

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