The Sardinian Regional Landscape Plan as a problematic participatory process

The discussion is developed in the light of the lesson learned from Forester’s The Deliberative Practitioner. One of the main points of Forester’s approach is that the practitioner should try to understand and solve conflicts concerning decision-making in the public domain by favoring empathetic dialogue between the fighting parties. Forester’s narrative is that conflictual processes can succeed (that is, can be deliberative) if the parties start esteeming each other, and, by doing so, try to understand and possibly appreciate the other’s point of view.