Abstract:
The objective of t h i s study is to develop a strategy
f o r public participation in planning with specific reference
t o the institutional and administrative framework of the
decentralized structure of administration in view of the
increasingly important role currently attached to public
participation in achieving planned development. Development
in its modern meaning embraces the fulfillment of the aspirations
of the people and the importance of public paretic
impaction in this context becomes apparent. This study
examines the rationale for planning from below as against
the conventional paternalistic it is t tendencies of "citizen
incompetence."
