Urbs 300 Final Study Guide Graded A+

Informing {Ans: - discusses rights, responsibility and options - often its only one way flow of info (top down) - superficial information and irrelevant answers}What is CBEP? {Ans: community based environmental planning - came up in the 1990s - decentralize government agencies in terms of environmental management - devolving responsibility to citizens and local communities - enabling local participation (can be more effective)}What is the order of the ladder? {Ans: 1. Manipulation 2. Therapy 3. Informing 4. Consultation 5. Placation 6. Partnership 7. Delegated power 8. Citizen Control}Purpose of the ladder of citizen partiicpation {Ans: redistribute power to enable the public (typically oppressed from political and economic spaces}Delegated power {Ans: negotiations between citizens and public officials can give citizen dominant decision making authority - powerholders have to bargain}What are have nots? {Ans: - poor political socioeconomic infrastructure - lack of representation and accountability - alienation and distrust with the system}What's wrong with with CBEP? {Ans: assumes local communities are most able to understand and intervene in environmental problems because they're physically closer to them}Therapy {Ans: - dishonest and arrogant - assumes mental illness with powerlessness example: control your child cleanup campaigns in