2004 Volume 69 Issue 586 Pages 73-79
The city planner Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932) is defined as the origin of public participation in city planning. At the same time, the shift from Geddes's theory towards the work of Arthur Glikson, as one of his successors, exemplifies the consequence of separating the positions of citizens from those of planners in the planning process. Although Geddesian theory no longer functions as a professional sense of the current planning theory, it could contribute to empower individuals through discovering one's own sense of value within the two different attitudes of individuals and planners. In this respect, the Geddesian theory, as the modern project, could be reinterpreted as developing an autonomous position of the individuals within the planning process, so that each of them can evaluate the visions that the planners propose.
