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End date: 2002 × Start date: 2000 × Type: Masters Research thesis × Subject: Victoria ×

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    Decision making in landscape architecture: an examination of the notion of decision making during design review and its impact on design delivery for the Steampacket Place, Geelong
    Thomas, Katrina ( 2002)
    The aim of this research project was to examine the notion of decision-making during design review and its impact on design delivery. To achieve this aim, a multi award-winning project was selected to understand how decision-making influenced delivery of the project. The case study, Steampacket Place, Geelong, was examined to reveal, what criteria were employed to facilitate decision-making during the design review, and what were the responsibilities and capacities of design reviewers to influence the design delivery. Archival material for the project was used to construct a description of the events that led to design delivery. Focused interviews were carried out with members from the design review board and the project directorate to validate the archival data and to seek their opinions on the structure of the board and the design review process. The data was analysed to test the proposition that design review is about improving the quality of the physical environment and is a collaborative effort based upon shared communication between various groups and individuals to ensure that decision-making is a transparent process. This study describes how decision-makers worked with consultants to collaboratively develop and inform the design of both the public and private sectors. The success of the project owed much to the skills, professionalism and integrity of the Board members. Design quality was a key imperative for Steampacket Place and this was incorporated into the administrative structures created to manage both design review and project delivery.
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    Tourism planning and community consultation in metropolitan Melbourne
    Inbakaran, Christina ( 2002)
    This thesis explores consultation in relation to tourism plans and tourism aspects plans. It examines the extent to which councils involve the community in plan formulation, and the main methods used for the purpose. Community consultation and participation have been investigated by a number of authors. It is a topic that originated in the 1960s and its importance has grown enormously over the years. It has now become a pre-requisite for many projects. In the area of planning, consultation and participation are terms that are used almost synonymously. In this thesis the terms consultation and participation are both used to indicate the involvement of the community. This study evaluates the actual extent of community participation, from an assessment of the approaches of councils, to the points on the Shand-Arnberg Participation Continuum that the consultation methods reach. The study has a number of revelations regarding the people involved in the consultation process, cost and time factors, and the extent to which the community is actually involved in the tourism plans that are formulated. The literature on the subject has indicated that this process has a tendency to exclude the ethnic communities, low income and other minority groups. The trend so far has been to involve the middle class and the articulate groups that dominate a community. However, major findings of this study include that consultation is neither related to the demographic characteristics of society, nor the income of councils. The findings of this research have implications for both, the councils and the general public, and the way tourism developments are planned.