Incorporating multiparty preferences into land-use planning

Depending on circumstances, a land-use planning exercise is an attempt to meet the demands of one, two, or more clients. For multiparty planning exercises, the relative extent to which the demands of different parties are met is ultimately a political decision. Nonetheless, within this constraint, if 'public participation' is to have any legitimacy, it is important that the demands of each party be clearly recognised and satisfied to the maximum extent possible in a compromise plan.