“FAA Community Engagement or Community DIS-Engagement?” Airport Noise Report (ANR) Article – July-June 2021

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Date: July-June 2021

Description: Community activists outline problems with the FAA’s Community Engagement process and document instances where they believe the FAA has not acted in good faith.

1. Full Paper: “FAA Community Engagement – or Community DIS-Engagement?

Released on June 30, 2021 as an attachment in the emailed issue to ANR subscribers.

2. Published Article: “FAA Community Engagement – or Community DIS-Engagement?”

July 2, 2021 – Article features excerpts from an AICA paper outlining problems with FAA’s Community Engagement Process.


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  • Morison, John. (2007). “Models of Democracy: From Representation to Participation?”. 
  • http://lithgow-schmidt.dk/sherry-arnstein/ladder-of-citizen-participation.html
  • Elbakidze, Marine & Dawson, Lucas & Andersson, Kjell & Axelsson, Robert & Angelstam, Per & Stjernquist, Ingrid & Teitelbaum, Sara & Schlyter, Peter & Thellbro, Camilla. (2015). Is spatial planning a collaborative learning process? A case study from a rural–urban gradient in Sweden. Land Use Policy. 48. 270-285. 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.05.001.