Communication, Participation & Consensus - Henry's Class (Day 2)

Question 1

What are the three levels on the Arnstein ladder?

Answer 1

1. Non-Participation
2. Tokensim
3. Citizen Power

Question 2

The first two rungs on the Arnstein ladder are __________?

Answer 2

Manipulation and Therapy

Question 3

Tokenism falls in the middle of Arnstein’s ladder, what do they involve?

Answer 3

Informing, Consulting and Placating

Question 4

Citizen Power is the highest level of participation of Arnstein’s ladder, what does it involve?

Answer 4

Partnership, Delegated Power, Citizen Control

Question 5

Who was the founder of the Suburban Action Institute which challenged exclusionary zoning and won the Mt. Laurell decision?

Answer 5

Paul Davidoff

Question 6

_____________ is to confer with another (no third party) so as to arrive at the settlement of some matter.

Answer 6

Negotiate

Question 7

_____________ is an alternative to litigation; where the hearing and determination of a dispute by an impartial referee agreed to both parties.

Answer 7

Arbitration

Question 8

What kind of survey measures a population at a point in time?

Answer 8

Cross sectional survey

Question 9

_______________ evaluates a situation over time.

Answer 9

Longitudinal survey

Question 10

What kinds of surveys have low response rates and don’t work well for the elderly or poorly educated.

Answer 10

Mail Surveys

Question 11

What kind of participation calls for a conversation in full view of a larger group of listeners, encircled like a donut.

Answer 11

Fishbowl

Question 12

What kind of participation is in a circle with listeners on the outside and only one speaker in the inner circle?

Answer 12

Samoan Circle

Question 13

_______________ is a type of participation for when there is a specific problem that needs to be solved.

Answer 13

Focus groups

Question 14

__________________ is an informal public meeting that may include presentations and exhibits but end with interactive working groups.

Answer 14

Workshops

Question 15

___________ is a group of experts or representative stakeholders formed to develop a specific product or policy recommendation

Answer 15

Task Force

Question 16

____________ is a form of online and web-based public participation in public planning projections based on the idea that the internet allows individuals to think creatively about planning problems and put those suggestions up for review by their peers.

Answer 16

Crowdsourcing

Question 17

_______________ is a process to help a community to define the future it wants. It starts at the beginning of a major planning process such as the creation or update of a comprehensive plan.

Answer 17

Visioning

Question 18

A _________ is a long-term standing committee meeting regularly, appointed to represent the ideas and attitudes of local groups with the purpose of advising a governmental planning agency or policy-making body on community impacts.

Answer 18

Citizen Advisory Committee

Question 19

_______________ is a grassroots group of neighbors and businesses who advocate or organize activities, whom do not have legal authority to enforce but advocate for change and improvements in their neighborhood

Answer 19

Neighborhood Association

Question 20

The visioning process allows for early citizen involvement, impartial leadership, all inclusive citizen participation, and (select all that apply)

I. Heavy media involvement
II. A long-range planning mentality
III. The saving of time and money
IV Ideal communities

Answer 20

I and II

Question 21

Your small town needs to undertake an extensive citizen involvement process to help develop a vision for the community and lacks the needed in-house expertise to know how to effectively accomplish this. In your role as the Planning Director, you determine that the best option available is:

(A) Define required services and carry out a two-step RFQ-RFP process
(B) Seek advice from the regional planning council
(C) Assign your best senior planner to educate himself in citizen involvement techniques
(D) Ask your local citizen groups for advise

Answer 21

A.

Question 22

The Mayor asks the Planning Department to hold public workshops with the goal of improving the look of the central business district. As planning director, the tools you’d likely use?

(A) Policy Delphi & Fishbowl
(B) Open Houses & Public Hearing
(C) Charrette & Visual Preference Survey
(D) Media releases & Brainstorming

Answer 22

C

Question 23

Which public participation technique would not allow one individual to dominate a discussion:

(A) Task Force
(B) American Assembly
(C) Charrette
(D) Nominal Group

Answer 23

D.