community decision making

• Exploring a Two-Dimensional Model of Community Pluralism and Its Effects On the Level of Transparency in Community Decision Making

This study examines how a broader look at the concept of community pluralism might provide a more comprehensive perspective. A model employing dimensions of community power and leadership diversity was used to examine how decision making affects the level of transparency within communities. Results indicated that each dimension had a significant impact on the availability of public records and that gender and ethnicity differed in their influence on transparency.

• Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
• Vol. 85 Nbr. 4, December 2008

• From Death Valley to Spring Valley: A Case Study of Contamination in Washington, D.C.

Introduction. II. Spring Valley's Historical and Legal Context. A. The Hidden Past. 1. Land Use . a. Early History. b. WWI and the AU Experimental Station . c. Land Salvage and Development . 2. Chemical Weapons Controversy. a. 1986 Investigation and Involvement of Federal Agencies. b. Public and Private Failures To Disclose Information About the Hazards. c. Operation Safe Removal Phases I and II: No Further Action Necessary . d. Local Government, Federal Denials, and New Emphasis on Health Effects . e. Operation Safe Removal Phase III: Expanded Geography and Distrust. B. Formerly Used Defense Sites. C. Cases and Controversies. 1. W.C. & A.N. Miller Companies. 2. American University. 3. Residents. D. Statutory Framework. 1. CERCLA. 2. DERP and DERA. 3. Public Participation in CERCLA a...

...The community's resulting distrust of the federal government run...To justify its decision, the Corps noted that (1) extensive development ha... with DOD, EPA and other decision-making governmental agencies. 171 These groups can reque...

• Sustainable Development Law & Policy
• Nbr. III-1, January 2003

• City Manager's Retirement a Chance to Focus On What Worked ; Community Involvement in the Decision-Making Process has Helped Portland Succeed.

When you follow the news every day, everything looks like a crisis. Sometimes you have to take a step back to realize how well things are going.

• Portland Press Herald
• February 09, 2011

• Falmouth Adjusts Approach to Space Needs ; Councilors Slow Down the Decision-Making Process for More Dialogue to Get Better Community 'Buy-In.'

Just seven months ago, a planning committee in Falmouth was talking about borrowing $4 million to help pay for a new town center on the campus of the Plummer-Motz/Lunt School at Middle and Lunt roads. At tonight's Town Council meeting, residents will see just how much things have changed since that meeting hosted by Falmouth's Community Facilities Planning Committee.

• Portland Press Herald
• November 08, 2010

• Urban Perspective; Partisan Politics and African American Interests

Where were African American members of Congress when Barbara Lee was the lone dissenter from the congressional resolution granting George W. Bush carte blanche authority to wage war against "terrorism" anywhere? Did the other Black members of Congress believe that Bush would do the right thing? Hardly, but they remained silent. Subsequently, Bush's imperialistic war on Iraq is itself considered terrorism, not only by African Americans and others of color in this country, but most of the world. Professor Cornel West's thoughts on leadership are helpful in developing a new African American leadership paradigm. He emphasizes the need to approach leadership from a historical perspective, and talks about a "politics of conversion" as central to such leadership. For West, this is based on "lo...

... primarily with personal, rather than community priorities, virtually accountable to no one. Ineff... Commission has neither real oversight or decision-making authority. Without an external independent ...

• Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif.
• July 31, 2009

• Commentary: 'Community Visioning': Efficient Decision-Making

In the realm of Long Island land use planning, whether for business, industry or residential, there's a natural resistance to change among those planning the land use and those living in the communities where that new development is contemplated. That tensions surface is not necessarily bad. With open space dwindling and sprawl eating up whatever open space is left, all stakeholders affected by the outcome, including planners, residents and government, should be methodical and deliberate about how future development takes place.

• Long Island Business News
• March 25, 2005

• Sinclair Community College Uses SAS(R) for Strategic Decision Making.

Business Intelligence Competency Center Supports Recruiting, Retention and Graduation Efforts NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sinclair Community College in Dayt...

• Business Wire
• November 12, 2007

• Leading Southwest Detroit Community Organizations and Detroit International Bridge Company Unite to Sue U.S. Department of Transportation Over Flawed Decision Making Process

To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Michael Waxman, +1-202-872-4860 ext. 238, mwaxman@hydeparkcomm.com, for the Detroit International Bridge Company

• U.S. Newswire
• May 14, 2009

• Indigenous Women and Decision Making; a Community Training Manual.

ISBN: 9789211262049 TITLE: Indigenous women and decision making; a community training manual. AUTHOR: Ed. by Asia Indigenous Peoples' Pact Foundation ...

• Reference and Research Book News
• Vol. 22 Nbr. 4, November 2007

• North Huntingdon Residents Urge Board to Back Community Center

Supporters of building a Norwin area community center are encouraging North Huntingdon Township commissioners to do some homework before making a decision on whether to back an estimated $18 million bond issue. Several residents spoke out at Wednesday night's commissioners meeting urging them to approve financing for a rec center.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• August 18, 2011