Public perception of the effectiveness of public input in the parks and recreation planning process at the Boone County fairgrounds

The United States government process is open to the public, allowing the public to be involved with decisions that will shape their lives. Professionals still dominate the planning process and make the final decisions which shape government policy. Citizens who participate in the panning process would like to feel as if the final decisions are shaped by their input. The research design for this study was a cross sectional, relationship study to determine the relationships between perceived effectiveness of public input, access and availability of information, understanding of the process, setting and timing,fairness of the process and onsite participation. The results of this study prove that the public who participate in master planning processes feel as if their input is used by the professionals who make the final decisions.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Parks, recreation and tourism (MU)

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Missouri--Columbia

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Atkinson, Ryan P.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Vaught, David R.

Language dc:language.iso

eng, English

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4235

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:mospace.umsystem.edu:10355/4235