Resolving Development Disputes Through Negotiations

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Timothy J. Sullivan

   Pages 1-7

3. Why Negotiate or Mediate Development Conflicts?

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   Pages 9-25

4. Negotiations Can Fail

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5. Groups in Negotiations

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6. Factors in Bargaining That Affect Negotiation and Mediation Success

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7. Tactical Aspects of Bargaining and Mediation

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8. Information and Communication, Negotiation, and Mediation

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9. Distrust, Limited Resources, and Uncertainty

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10. The Exercise of Negotiator and Mediator Discretion

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11. Necessary Elements for Mediation

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12. Using Negotiation and Mediation

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13. Conclusion: Prospects for Negotiation

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14. Back Matter

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In the last decade, disputes between developers and local commu­ nities over proposed construction projects have led to increasing litiga­ tion. Environmental legislation, in particular, has greatly enhanced the rights and powers of organized groups that desire to participate in local development decisions. These powers have allowed citizen groups to block undesired and socially unacceptable projects, such as highways through urban areas and sprawling suburban developments. At the same time, these powers have produced a collective inability to construct many needed projects that produce adverse local impacts. Prisons, airports, hos­ pitals, waste treatment plants, and energy facilities all face years of liti­ gation before a final decision. At times, prolonged litigation has pro­ duced especially high costs to all participants. Despite these new powers, citizen action has often been limited to participation in public hearings or adjudicatory proceedings. Typically, this occurs so late in the decision process that citizen input has very little affect in shaping a project's design. Those who dislike some element of a project often have little choice other than to oppose the entire project through litigation.

• Import
• Urban Areas
• controlling
• development
• environment
• negotiations

• Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

  Timothy J. Sullivan

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