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Loukopoulos P, Scholz R W, 2004, "Sustainable future urban mobility: using 'area development negotiations' for scenario assessment and participatory strategic planning" Environment and Planning A 36(12) 2203 – 2226
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Sustainable future urban mobility: using 'area development negotiations' for scenario assessment and participatory strategic planning

Peter Loukopoulos, Roland W Scholz

Received 1 December 2003; in revised form 19 February 2004

Abstract. An examination of how land-use planning can proceed while emphasising sustainability in transport objectives is presented in the authors' view. It is vital that citizen preferences are assessed, and the 'area development negotiation' method for obtaining such preferences is detailed within a case study framework. The method permits evaluations by various stakeholder groups of future urban mobility scenarios by means of multiattribute utility analyses. In order to illustrate the method, key results from a Swedish case study are presented, demonstrating that all interest groups -- with the exception of business representatives -- were aware of the importance of environmental factors and gave these factors greater weight than economic factors. Discussion focuses upon issues relevant to policy analysis, strategic planning including stakeholders, and upon issues relevant to the policy process, such as how the method can support and meaningfully engage the citizen in strategic planning.

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