What Difference Does Public Participation Make? An Alternative Futures Assessment Based on the Development Preferences for Cultural Landscape Corridor Planning in the Silk Roads Area, China

摘要: Landscape corridor planning (LCP) has become a widespread practice for promoting sustainable regional development. This highly complex process covers many policy and issues concerning the local landscape, ideally involves people who live in area to be developed. In China, planners administrators encourage development of landscape planning. However, current LCP rarely considers ideas from residents, public participation is not recognized as beneficial outcomes. We use specific Chinese case analyze how citizen involvement may enrich spatial respect considered solutions To this end, we compare recently approved plan that was created without with alternative same corridor, developed residents. These alternatives were then evaluated by professional had been involved initial process. demonstrate concrete differences between participation. Further, show collaborative processes can minimize conflicts. Finally, does indeed contribute innovations could produced exclusively decision-makers. The paper closes discussion difficulties might accompany residents during China.