Seminar on Public Participation in Democratic Design for the Pacific Rim (1999)

CONCUR Principal Scott McCreary participated as one of a group of 30 scholars and practitioners from the U.S., Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong engaged in ongoing cross-cultural dialogue examining ways to strengthen democratic design making in the Pacific Rim. The second annual conference took place in Saitama, Japan. Participants included academics from UC Berkeley and UC Davis, Tokyo University, National Taiwan University, and other academic institutions in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong as well as a few consultants. McCreary’s presentation was entitled “Participation and Representation in Environmental Decision Making: Reflections on a Negotiation-Based Model of Practice” was published in the proceedings.