Blocking the Blockers: Charrettes, Urban Planning, and Deliberative Democracy

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Brief Overview

The charrette is a participatory urban planning tool that creates a consensus design plan. Research has largely ignored both the charrette and its potential democratic value. A matched case study compares a typical design process to the charrette.

Author

• Adam Johnson, New College of Florida