ABSTRACT
Public participation, transparency, consensus, and collaboration are concepts generally accepted within highly developed countries of the world as planning dogma. Important questions relating to this dogma include the following: when integrated into the planning process, does it bring about consensusmore effectively? How do the various concepts underlying the dogma differ from one another? What have been the results when there have been systematic efforts to incorporate one or more of them? Can the experiences in countries where the dogma has been incorporated into the planning processes be readily transferred to other countries? This paper explores the results of the transfer of these concepts to the Israeli scene and the lessons learned that may have relevance to countries where planning is at a similar or less developed level than Israel’s.
