Summaries of Affiliate Research for the Public and Policy Makers

Jazz on Tulsa Time: The Remarkable Story of the Network of Flood Mitigation Champions behind the Tulsa Turnaround

Ward Lyles, Penn Pennel, and Rachel Riley

Decades of scholarship and practitioner reflection point to factors that promote local hazard mitigation planning and implementation, collectively forming the standard model of local hazard mitigation. Attention to the role of individuals and teams of champions working in collaborative networks has been neglected comparatively. We examine Tulsa, Oklahoma’s award-winning successes in flood hazard mitigation as an exemplary case. 

• Jazz on Tulsa Time Summary for Policy Makers

Who Cares? Arnstein's Ladder, the Emotional Paradox of Public Engagement, and (Re)imagining Planning as Caring

Ward Lyles & Stacey Swearingen White

Emotions motivate public servants—we want to see community members flourish rather than suffer. But our education, training, and professional norms lead us to control or avoid emotions in the course of work. We call this dynamic the emotional paradox of public engagement. Our research illustrates perils resulting from the paradox as well as paths forward to re-imagine public engagement as caring.

• American Planning Association Podcast
• Planning Magazine article summary (PDF)
• Who Cares? Summary for Policy Makers (PDF)