November 2012
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disP - The Planning Review
This article describes the participation process for regional development implemented in 1998 in an urbanized region of the Swiss lowlands. The objective was to involve local decision-makers and relevant people to design concrete plans for a sustainable reconstruction of the region in order to provide the region with new impulses for development. The article opens with the purpose of the proceedings, describes the characteristics featuring the process, summarizes the main results with regard to a desirable regional development, compares the project to other participation processes and concludes with a formulation of the necessary requirements involving politics, economy and culture.