Deliberative planning refers to a planning process that focuses on making decisions through
dialogue
Dialogue (sometimes spelled dialog in American English) is a written or spoken conversational exchange between two or more people, and a literary and theatrical form that depicts such an exchange. As a philosophical or didactic device, it is c ...
, making seasoned arguments and in depth deliberations to take the correct course of action. Deliberative Planning focuses on actions, and the effect that they have on the course of a project.
This planning method is a form of
participatory planning
Participatory planning is an urban planning paradigm that emphasizes involving the entire community in the community planning process. Participatory planning emerged in response to the centralized and rationalistic approaches that defined early ...
, an
urban planning
Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...
theory that focuses on involving the community in the planning and management process.
Participatory planning
Participatory planning is an urban planning paradigm that emphasizes involving the entire community in the community planning process. Participatory planning emerged in response to the centralized and rationalistic approaches that defined early ...
works to include all points of view in the decision making process, and gather them all into one vision. Being deliberative involves being motivated by an intended outcome and choosing a vision that is based on sound evidence and reason.
Deliberation can take many forms in understanding planning, whether it be more formal and technical, or more organic and exploratory. According to
Diane Hopkins, deliberative planning has three main parts: "the motives behind involving citizens in
decision-making
In psychology, decision-making (also spelled decision making and decisionmaking) is regarded as the Cognition, cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a course of action among several possible alternative options. It could be ...
(Philosophy); the design and dynamics of the decision-making (
Process
A process is a series or set of activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic.
Things called a process include:
Business and management
*Business process, activities that produce a specific se ...
); and the intended and actual outcomes of deliberative planning (Outcome)." These three steps are ultimately intended to involve the majority of the community, and the largest stakeholders for the proposed development.
Deliberative planning does not have to be solely based in the planning field, but also has applications in
computational programming and
AI.
In computational programming, the idea of being deliberative focuses on understanding planning, intent, and motivation to achieve the desired result.
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