This thesis investigates the factors influencing public participation in Urban and Regional Planning, with a focus on Goa, India. The research explores how levels of government, plan typology, and planners’ methods affect public engagement. It also attempts to theorize an evolving trend in the planning profession to curtail “overparticipation” (Lemar, 2021), in the larger public or environmental interest. “Overparticipation” is defined as a minority of (often-privileged) residents leveraging their power in participatory systems to hegemonize planning decisions. Goan communities participated actively in historic plans (Raghunathan, 1998; Sampat, 2017; Nielsen et al 2021), often in large numbers. However, a section of…
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