Community Involvement in Rural Regeneration Partnerships: Exploring the Rural Dimension

Osborne, Stephen P.; Williamson, Arthur; Beattie, Rona S.

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“…There are several factors that can affect the level of community involvement attained in any given model. These include: physical geography and local environment; the extent and complexity of programmes and agencies operating in the area; the strength of social capital, the nature of local political relationships and the legitimacy of these new governance structures (Osborne et al, 2004 andConnelly et al, 2006). We would add that continued and increased involvement and co-operation by non-public agencies and other actors (including communities and individuals) can only be assured if they witness tangible results.…”

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Sustainability and the multifunctional landscape: An assessment of approaches to planning and management in the Cairngorms National Park

Stockdale

Barker

2009

Land Use Policy

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a b s t r a c tUpland Scotland contains some of Britain's most prized areas of natural heritage value. However, although such areas may appear both 'wild' and 'remote', these are typically working landscapes which symbolise the interdependence of nature and society. The complexity of this relationship means that management responses will need to address a multitude of potentially conflicting priorities whilst at the same time ensuring that sufficient social and institutional capital exists to allow for the promotion of landscape integrity. The introduction of national parks to Scotland in the form of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 allows for a high-level of protection for designated areas in upland Scotland. Yet, whilst the recent Act outlines the statutory purpose and direction national parks should take, it allows a significant degree of flexibility in the way in which the Act may be implemented. This level of discretion allows for significant local distinctiveness within the model but also raises questions about the potential effectiveness of chosen responses. In order to assess the potential implications of a model rooted in self-determination, we provide a case study review of the institutional basis of the Cairngorms National Park along with an assessment of the strategic character of the first National Park Plan. It is argued that whilst the Cairngorms National Park Authority has developed a significant level of stakeholder engagement, the authority may struggle to bridge the policy-implementation gap. Although a number of shortcomings are identified, particular concerns relate to the potential mismatch between strategic ambition and local level capacity.

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Section: Monitoring and Reviewmentioning

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Sustainability and the multifunctional landscape: An assessment of approaches to planning and management in the Cairngorms National Park

Stockdale

Barker

2009

Land Use Policy

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“…In particular, there are tensions and ambiguities in partnership practice between the structuring effect of state discourse and regeneration management in shaping the context of local partnership working and the potential scope for community-based challenges to elite governance arising from contingent, local factors (Osborne et al, 2004) or from a capacity to generate 'progressive', as well as 'parochial' and 'reactive', forms of politics (Cochrane, 2003;Newman, 2002). Osborne et al's work (2004, pp.…”

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Rural governance, community empowerment and the new institutionalism: A case study of the Isle of Wight

Clark

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Beer

2007

Journal of Rural Studies

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“…In terms of stakeholder identification, in many cases, significant overlap between rural event stakeholder types were identified (due scarce resources and organisational capacities); research shows, even for events organized primarily to attract outside visitors, the community remained the primary stakeholder group (strong involvement of community members in organization, sponsoring, participation and attendance in the events) (see [29,30]). The participation of rural community members in any kind of new initiative is dependent on several factors, including: physical geography and local environment; the extent and complexity of regeneration programs and agencies in the area; the nature of human and social capital in terms of existing skills and willingness to participate, existence of social exclusion; the strength of the local voluntary and community infrastructure; and the nature of local political relationships [31].…”

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Leveraging Small-Scale Sport Events: Challenges of Organising, Delivering and Managing Sustainable Outcomes in Rural Communities, the Case of Gorski kotar, Croatia

2016

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Sports and events play an important role in local identity building and creating a sense of community that encourages participation and increases social capital. Rural communities are specific areas with special needs and can face challenges and restraints when it comes to event organisation. The purpose of this paper is to identify organisational challenges and analyse the potential to achieving long-term sustainable social and economic outcomes linked to small-scale sports events in rural communities. Organisational challenges of rural communities in terms of organising sport events are examined and discussed using the framework of event leveraging developed by O'Brien and Chalip. This methodology is applied and discussed to a case study focusing on small-scale winter sport events in rural Croatia. Semi-structured interviews with local organisers were conducted in order to collect data on the overall event organisation and management, local coordination, role of community stakeholders and challenges facing strategic planning, with the intent to identify objectives for future events. Results were discussed independently and in the context of the leverage framework, with reflection on its applicability to rural communities as the event organisers. Recommendations are provided based on critical insight from the literature and are oriented on how to streamline the process of organising, delivering and managing of events in remote rural communities. Finally, the idea of inter-community organisation is proposed to ensure long-term social and economic benefits and to address the existing issues of overlapping of stakeholder categories, mixed objectives, distrust among stakeholders and inefficiently used local resources.

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Community Involvement in Rural Regeneration Partnerships: Exploring the Rural Dimension

Cited by 37 publications

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Sustainability and the multifunctional landscape: An assessment of approaches to planning and management in the Cairngorms National Park

Sustainability and the multifunctional landscape: An assessment of approaches to planning and management in the Cairngorms National Park

Rural governance, community empowerment and the new institutionalism: A case study of the Isle of Wight

Leveraging Small-Scale Sport Events: Challenges of Organising, Delivering and Managing Sustainable Outcomes in Rural Communities, the Case of Gorski kotar, Croatia

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