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This paper present a good review of system aiming at supporting Public Participation in decision support. One of the main argument of the paper is that in order to make useful and valid decision while lack of required information, it is important to add community knowledge (Craig et al., 2002). Public participation is a process that “allows those affected by a decision to have an input into that decision” (Smith, 1993).