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Main Title Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management Theory and Practice / [electronic resource] :
Type EBOOK
Author Stollkleemann, Susanne.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Welp, Martin.
Publisher Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Year Published 2006
Call Number GE300-350
ISBN 9783540369172
Subjects Environmental sciences ; Regional planning ; Environmental management
Internet Access
Description Access URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-36917-2
Collation XXVIII, 386 p. online resource.
Notes Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only
Contents Notes Setting the Scene -- Foreword -- Towards a More Effective and Democratic Natural Resources Management -- Theories and Tools -- Integrative Theory of Reflexive Dialogues -- 'Participation' in Development Thinking - Coming to Grips with a Truism and its Critiques -- Evaluating Stakeholder Dialogues -- Tools for Stakeholder Assessment and Interaction -- To See or not to See, that is the Question: Geoinformation Visualisation Tools as a Means to Facilitate Stakeholder Dialogues in Land and Water Management Planning -- Case Studies in Environmental Policy, Management and Science -- Science-based Stakeholder Dialogues in Climate Change Research -- Science in Support of the Forest Biodiversity Programme for Southern Finland -- Public Participation during Site Selections for Natura 2000 in Germany: The Bavarian Case -- Experiences with Stakeholder Dialogues in Natural Resources Management in Ecuador -- Incorporating Local People through Economic Incentives at Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda - Africa Works! -- Perspectives -- Linking Case Studies to the Integrative Theory of Reflexive Dialogues. Participatory Processes for Natural Resource Management Ortwin Renn University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany Need for analytic-deliberative processes Inviting the public to be part of the decision making process in natural resource management has been a major objective in European and American environmental policy arenas. The US-National Academy of Sciences has encouraged environmental protection agencies to foster citizen participation and public involvement for making environmental policy making and natural resource management more effective and democratic (Stern and Fineberg 1996). The report emphasizes the need for a combination of assessment and dialogue which the authors have framed the "analytic-deliberative" approach. Unfortunately, early public involvement of the public in deliberative processes may compromise, however, the objective of efficient and effective policy implementation or violate the principle of fairness (Cross 1998, Okrent 1998). Another problem is that the public consists of many groups with different value structures and preferences. Without a systematic procedure to reach consensus on values and preferences, the public's position often appears as unclear (Coglianese 1997, Rossi 1997). Participatory processes are thus needed that combine technical expertise, rational decision making, and public values and preferences. How can and should natural resource managers collect public preferences, integrate public input into the management process, and assign the appropriate roles to technical experts, stakeholders (i. e.
Place Published Berlin, Heidelberg
Corporate Au Added Ent SpringerLink (Online service)
Title Ser Add Ent Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
Host Item Entry Springer eBooks
PUB Date Free Form 2006
Series Title Untraced Environmental Science and Engineering, Environmental Science,
BIB Level m
Medium computer
Content text
Carrier online resource
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20140518060959
Language eng
Origin SPRINGER
Type EBOOK
OCLC Rec Leader 04344nam a22004575i 45