The Practice of Participatory Planning at Mapoon Aboriginal Settlement

Towards Community Control, Ownership and Autonomy

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ID8384385
AuthorsMark Moran (0000-0002-6563-2995, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), MARK F MORAN
Year2004
Volume42
Issue3
Pages339-355
Publication date2004-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Geographical Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-9190 • E-ISSN: 1467-8470
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8470.2004.00277.x
OpenAlexW2129401567
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited6

The practice of participatory planning in discrete Indigenous settlements has been established since the early 1990s. In addition to technical and economic goals, participatory planning also seeks community development outcomes, including community control, ownership and autonomy. This paper presents an evaluation of one such planning project, conducted at Mapoon in 1995. The Plan successfully improved physical infrastructure and housing, but had mixed success in terms of community development. Despite various efforts to follow participatory processes, the Plan was essentially a passing event, community control progressively diminished after its completion, and outcomes fell short of notions of ownership and autonomy. This suggests some misunderstandings between the practice of participatory planning and the workings of governance

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