Participatory processes and spatial planning. The regional landscape plan of Sardinia, Italy

Indice

Foreword
Introduction
(Planning theory and practice; Progressive planning; Structures and complexity; Participation)
Literature review
(Introduction; Evolution of concept of participation; The current theoretical positions on participation; Benefits and limits of participatory approaches; Political influences, planning decisions and participation; Concluding remarks)
Research strategies, design and methods
(Introduction; Research strategy; Research design; Research methods; Concluding remarks)
The Sardinian Regional Landscape Plan (RLP)
(Introduction; Participation in the European and Italian public contexts; A Sardinian case study: the regional landscape plan; Concluding remarks)
Assessment of the Regional Landscape Plan of Sardinia (Italy): a participatory-action-research case study type
(Introduction; Privileged stakeholders and the Regional Landscape Plan; Local communities and the Regional Landscape Plan; Concluding remarks)
A multicriteria-contingent valuation analysis concerning a coastal area of Sardinia, Italy
(Introduction; Area and planning scenarios; Methodology; Sampling method and questionnaires; Results; Discussion and conclusions)
Does Landscape Protection Really Matter? An assessment based on Multicriteria analysis
(Introduction; The Conflict between the Town and the Regional Administration; Planning Proposals for an Area which the Current MPS Defines a Coastal Tourist Zone; Methodology; Sampling Method and Results; Discussion and Conclusion)
Data analysis
(Introduction; Typology of the participatory process; Benefits of the participatory process; Problems of the participatory process; Concluding remarks)
Procedural protocol
(Introduction; The definition of the concept of participation; What characterizes participatory processes?; The participatory processes supporting regional plans; Integration between the planning and participatory processes; Concluding remarks)
The delicate relationship between capitalization and impoverishment of cultural and landscape resources in the context of Strategic Environmental Assessment of municipal master plans: a case study concerning Tertenia, Sardinia (Italy)
(Municipal masterplans and Strategic Environmental Assessment; The LF of the SEA of MMPs in compliance with the PIC of the RLP; Cultural and natural heritage in the MMP-SEA of Tertenia; Concluding remarks)
Differentials in the regional operational program expenditure for public services and infrastructure in the coastal cities of Sardinia (Italy) analyzed in the ruling context of the Regional Landscape Plan
(Introduction; A GIS-based taxonomy of Sardinian coastal cities; Public Investment for services and infrastructure in the coastal cities in the context of the 2000-2006 ROP; Methodology and results; Discussion and conclusions)
Conclusions
(Introduction; Summary of the key issues; The research questions; Implications for theories and future research)
Bibliography
Appendix
(Enclosure I - MCA procedure used to derive tab. 2 and tab. 3 of chapter 5; Enclosure II - Model of questionnaires; Enclosure III - Model of interviews; Enclosure IV - Thematic analysis of interviews; Enclosure V - Statistical analysis of questionnaires; Enclosure VI - Tab. 31, 32, and 33 of chapter 11).