1st Edition
Planning in the Face of Conflict The Surprising Possibilities of Facilitative Leadership
Introduction Part 1 Better Governance When Interests and Values Conflict 1. Mediation and Collaboration in Architecture and Community Planning Laurence Sherman, Director, IBI Group 2. From Conflict Generation through Consensus Building Using Many of the Same Skills Frank Blechman, former Clinical Faculty, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University Part 2 Learning and State Policy Making 3. Dispute Resolution Meets Policy Analysis: Native Gathering Rights on Private Lands Peter Adler, ACCORD 3.0; past president and CEO, Keystone 4. From Nightmare to National Implications: Off-Highway Vehicle and Parks Regulation Lisa Beutler, Executive Facilitator, Water Resources Group, MWH Americas, Inc. Part 3 Land Use and Community Planning 5. Creativity in the Face of Urban Design Conflict Ric Richardson, Professor and Director, Community and Regional Planning Program, University of New Mexico 6. From Environmental to Urban to Intermunicipal Disputes Bill Diepeven, Manager, Dispute Resolution Services, Alberta Municipal Affairs Part 4 Community Development and Governance 7. Facilitation, Ethnicity, and the Meaning of Place Shirley Solomon, Former Chair, Skagit Watershed Council 8. Collaborative Civic Design in Chelsea, Massachusetts Susan Podziba, Public Policy Mediator, Susan Podziba and Associates Part 5 Environmental and Regional Planning 9. Consensus Building and Water Policy in San Antonio John Folk-Williams, Writer/Editor, www.CrossCollaborate.com, StoriedMind.com 10. Facilitating the Land-Use Planning Process for Vancouver Island Gordon Sloan, Partner, ADR Education Part 6 Deep Value Differences and Reinventing Community Problem Solving 11. Facilitating Statewide HIV/AIDS Policies and Priorities in Colorado Michael Hughes, Principal, Hughes Collaboration 12. Activist Mediation and Public Disputes Lawrence Susskind, Director MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 13. Conclusion
Biography
John F. Forester directs graduate studies in the City and Regional Planning Department at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.






