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Challenges and opportunities for participatory planning approaches within Dubai’s urban context

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  • Khaled Alawadi
  • Sarah Dooling

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Dubai has been in the midst of a profound physical transformation, radically affecting the lives of residents and newcomers. Within US and European models of planning, the rapid change Dubai is experiencing calls for public involvement in charting the city’s future. However, Dubai’s neo-patrimonial governance concentrates planning decisions into the hands of trusted elites, lacking public participation. How might a participatory approach to planning be successfully implemented in Dubai? First, this article applies Delphi to obtain experts’ knowledge about the feasibility of implementing a participatory planning approach in Dubai. Second, the first author interviewed government officials to identify constraints for implementing strategies intended to widen public participation. Last, recommendations for the implementation of a more transparent approach to planning are provided. The article concludes with questions that explore the challenges associated with participation in planning decision-making specifically for neo-patrimonial systems.

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  • Khaled Alawadi & Sarah Dooling, 2016. "Challenges and opportunities for participatory planning approaches within Dubai’s urban context," Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and Urban Sustainability, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 276-301, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rjouxx:v:9:y:2016:i:3:p:276-301
    DOI: 10.1080/17549175.2015.1045924
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