TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning for low-carbon communities in US cities
T2 - A participatory process model between academic institutions, local governments and communities in Colorado
AU - Ramaswami, Anu
AU - Main, Deborah
AU - Bernard, Meghan
AU - Chavez, Abel
AU - Davis, Anita
AU - Thomas, Gregg
AU - Schnoor, Kathy
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by various grants and contracts including: GAANN grant (Grant Number P200A030089) from the US Department of Education, project contracts from the City and County of Denver, the City and County of Broomfield and the National Civic League, an IGERT award from the National Science Foundation (Award No. DGE-0654378), and a gift from the Wal-Mart Foundation. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Participatory process models combine the use of technical data with community participation to develop a sustainability plan relevant to each city. In this article, two case study applications in Denver, CO, USA and Broomfield, CO, USA use a participatory process, which combines teams from academia, local governments and community members to create city climate action plans. The participatory process is developed from concepts in community-based participatory research, analytic deliberation, and post-normal science. The refined process model developed in these two case studies goes through seven steps which include creating the deliberative body, co-developing data sets for sustainability analysis, defining sustainability goals, using scenario modeling for potential sustainability actions, prioritizing actions through deliberation, demonstrating consensus or diversity in final action plan, and conducting an outcomes assessment.
AB - Participatory process models combine the use of technical data with community participation to develop a sustainability plan relevant to each city. In this article, two case study applications in Denver, CO, USA and Broomfield, CO, USA use a participatory process, which combines teams from academia, local governments and community members to create city climate action plans. The participatory process is developed from concepts in community-based participatory research, analytic deliberation, and post-normal science. The refined process model developed in these two case studies goes through seven steps which include creating the deliberative body, co-developing data sets for sustainability analysis, defining sustainability goals, using scenario modeling for potential sustainability actions, prioritizing actions through deliberation, demonstrating consensus or diversity in final action plan, and conducting an outcomes assessment.
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U2 - 10.4155/cmt.11.34
DO - 10.4155/cmt.11.34
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052084067
SN - 1758-3004
VL - 2
SP - 397
EP - 411
JO - Carbon Management
JF - Carbon Management
IS - 4
ER -