The Susquehanna Communication-Participation Study. Selected Approaches to Public Involvement in Water Resources Planning.
Abstract
The study represents an effort to introduce and evaluate selected approaches to public involvement in the Susquehanna River Basin study. The public involvement activities centered upon establishing a program of lined contacts between agency planners and local residents. Some of the important activities were identification and interviews with local opinion leaders, mailing of brochures, newsletters, and surveys, and workshops and forum meetings. Questionnaires were used throughout the study to evaluate changes in attitudes and the effectiveness of the techniques used. The findings indicate that the workshops were particularly successful in improving the understanding of attitudes and objectives between the agency planners and local representatives. The research evolved a public participation process model indicating the relation of public involvement to the phases of planning. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0717023
Entities
People
- J. William Wenrich
- John Frost
- Katharine P. Warner
- Spenser W. Havlick
- Thomas E. Borton
Organizations
- University of Michigan