Framing participation with multicriterion evaluations to support the management of complex environmental issues

Soma, Katrine

doi:10.1002/eet.534

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“…While some studies have looked broadly at participative practices and community communications, use of the Internet for policy discourse, framing of climate issues and communications, and the role of relationships in policy development (Flåm, 2009;Newig and Fritsch, 2009;Nisbet, 2009;Shum, 2009;Tsang et al, 2009;Bryson et al, 2010;Soma, 2010;Soma and Vatn, 2010;Toikka, 2010), we have deliberately focused our investigation on the online discussion channel used to canvas individual opinions and sharing of views (Margetts, 2009;Merry, 2010;Barr, 2011). Importantly, our study treats the online forums as a socio-technical mechanism to disseminate information (including scepticism and misinformation), shape human beliefs and evoke different behaviours and reactions with respect to climate change science and policy (Morgan and Dowlatabadi, 1996;Pereira and O'Connor, 1999).…”

Section: T He Participatory and Democratic Approach To Environmental mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Martin

Rice

2014

Env Pol Gov

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Public participation in environmental policy development offers governments and private organizations opportunities to gather community views and test policy instruments and solutions. In this study, a concept mapping analysis of 1702 online comments from 344 individuals has been undertaken to determine the balance between climate change debate and policy development, and some of the major issues surrounding policy implementation. The results show that counterproductive and intolerant climate science debate, opposing political party policy alignments, and disagreement on policy implementation serve as impediments in developing workable climate change policy. The research also exposes how individuals can 'hijack' the online discussion forums in attempts to further their own agendas. This suggests that online forums might be better designed to integrate with the larger policy development system.

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Section: T He Participatory and Democratic Approach To Environmental mentioning

confidence: 99%

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Martin

Rice

2014

Env Pol Gov

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“…Several authors have proposed participatory methods for the design of indicator systems as a tool to measure the effectiveness of CZM programs (FontalvoHerazo et al, 2007;Vella et al, 2009;Pajaro et al, 2010). Others employ the participatory process for defining alternative management strategies (Tompkins et al, 2008;Soma, 2010) and in some cases test the scenarios defined with stakeholders by applying multi-criteria analysis or social-ecological modeling approaches, then share and discuss results with all the participants (Roca et al, 2008;Garmendia et al, 2010;Franz en et al, 2011;Mongruel et al, 2011;Tomlinson et al, 2011). All these approaches display the benefits of integrating different views to support unstructured problem-solving.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A systematic review of socio-economic assessments in support of coastal zone management (1992–2011)

Gentil

Mongruel

2015

Journal of Environmental Management

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Cooperation between the social and natural sciences has become essential in order to encompass all the dimensions of coastal zone management. Socio-economic approaches are increasingly recommended to complement integrated assessment in support of these initiatives. A systematic review of the academic literature was carried out in order to analyze the main types of socio-economic assessments used to inform the coastal zone management process as well as their effectiveness. A corpus of 1682 articles published between 1992 and 2011 was identified by means of the representative coverage approach, from which 170 were selected by applying inclusion/exclusion criteria and then classified using a content analysis methodology. The percentage of articles that mention the use of socio-economic assessment in support of coastal zone management initiatives is increasing but remains relatively low. The review examines the links between the issues addressed by integrated assessments and the chosen analytical frameworks as well as the various economic assessment methods which are used in the successive steps of the coastal zone management process. The results show that i) analytical frameworks such as 'risk and vulnerability', 'DPSIR', 'valuation', 'ecosystem services' and 'preferences' are likely to lead to effective integration of social sciences in coastal zone management research while 'integration', 'sustainability' and 'participation' remain difficult to operationalize, ii) risk assessments are insufficiently implemented in developing countries, and iii) indicator systems in support of multi-criteria analyses could be used during more stages of the coastal zone management process. Finally, it is suggested that improved collaboration between science and management would require that scientists currently involved in coastal zone management processes further educate themselves in integrated assessment approaches and participatory methodologies.

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“…Soma, 2010), the SMCE proved to be a useful methodological framework for integrating diverse views, although it was crucial to allow enough time to make the process accessible for everybody. In this regard, in line with findings from previous research (e.g.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluating Participatory Processes in Conservation Policy and Governance: Lessons from a Natura 2000 pilot case study

2015

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Participatory approaches have been incorporated in decision-making to strengthen the involvement of social actors in natural resource management and governance. This paradigm shift is permeating the development of Natura 2000 in Europe. However, the implementation of participatory approaches is at an early stage and still contested. To assess the scope of these participatory approaches, this article: (1) reviews the role of participatory approaches in Natura 2000, (2) develops a common framework to evaluate such participatory processes, (3) applies this framework to a pilot case study and (4) based on the lessons learned, provides guidance for future developments. Although the relatively small sample of participants signals caution, the study shows that ensuring an open dialogue among the social actors served to enhance understanding of the various interests and facilitated the identification of areas for compromise. While these findings are promising, we also identify various challenges to a better and more open dialogue.

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Framing participation with multicriterion evaluations to support the management of complex environmental issues

Cited by 22 publications

References 44 publications

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

Rebalancing Climate Change Debate and Policy: An Analysis of Online Discussions

A systematic review of socio-economic assessments in support of coastal zone management (1992–2011)

Evaluating Participatory Processes in Conservation Policy and Governance: Lessons from a Natura 2000 pilot case study

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