Participatory Modelling and the Local Governance of the Politics of UK Air Pollution: A Three-City Case Study

Yearley, Steve; Cinderby, Steve; Forrester, John; Bailey, Peter; Rosen, Paul L.

doi:10.3197/096327103129341315

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“…It is argued that the involvement of local lay knowledge leads to better informed decisions, enables social learning and thus helps to reveal win-win potential and, overall, fosters more sustainable decisions (Yearley et al, 2003;Pellizzoni, 2003). Moreover, it is assumed that involvement of non-state actors in local decision-making has the potential to open up established, non-sustainable actor networks for ecological matters such that participatory decision-making yields outputs with a stronger ecological standard (Dryzek, 1997;Smith, 2003).…”

Section: Participatory Versus Top-down Modes Of Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental governance: participatory, multi‐level – and effective?

Newig

Fritsch²

2009

Env Pol Gov

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Current political trends and scholarly research increasingly promote collaborative and participatory governance in multi-level systems as a way to more sustainable and effective environmental policy. Yet empirical fi ndings as well as conceptual works from different academic fi elds remain ambiguous about this claim. This paper explores whether and to what extent the existence of multiple levels of governance affects the ability of participatory decision-making to deliver high quality environmental policy output and to improve implementation and compliance. To this end, fi ndings from the literature on multi-level governance, public participation and policy implementation as well as on complex systems are integrated in fi ve sets of hypotheses. In order to put these to a 'plausibility probe', a meta-analysis of 47 case studies from Northern America and Western Europe is conducted. These cases provide qualitative insights and allow for some generalization in the form of correlation analysis. The study fi nds that, predominantly, environmental preferences of the involved actors determine the environmental outputs (and outcomes) of decision-making. Further, face-to-face, but not mere two-way, communication appears to positively infl uence the ecological standard of decisions. The analysis also suggests that a highly polycentric governance system comprising many agencies and levels of governance yields higher environmental outputs than rather monocentric governance. However, correlations between governance effectiveness and decision-making scale, as well as policy delivery and institutional fi t to ecosystem, could not be identifi ed. The paper concludes by outlining pathways for more systematic comparative research on these pressing research questions. Copyright

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Section: Participatory Versus Top-down Modes Of Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental governance: participatory, multi‐level – and effective?

Newig

Fritsch²

2009

Env Pol Gov

787

560

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“…PM is characterized by the fact that stakeholders are directly involved into the design of the models in order to ensure that the models are aiming at the problems and stakeholders are able to use them (Horlitz, 2007). This form of participation is not only used to collect local or regional knowledge about environmental problems (Yearley et al, 2003), but also creates a forum in which "experts may learn about different aspects of the usefulness of their tools in a policy process" (Jonsson and Alkan-Olsson, 2005, p. 13). In such a process, potential users are actually asked to help develop and test the models (Horlitz, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

An iterative construction of multi-agent models to represent water supply and demand dynamics at the catchment level

Farolfi¹,

Müller²,

Bonté³

2010

Environmental Modelling & Software

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a b s t r a c tCompanion Modelling (ComMod) is an iterative approach of modelling in interaction with local stakeholders. KatAWARE is a multi-agent model constructed through a ComMod process with the Water User Association of the Kat River Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa. By describing the construction of the KatAWARE model, the aim of this paper is to propose a detailed methodology to formalize and to systematize the modelling phases of Companion Modelling. The Kat River catchment will serve as case study for the application of the proposed methodology. This methodology is composed of four steps: (1) the specification of the structure of the system, its dynamics and the indicators one wants to monitor, (2) the description of the initial state of the simulation, (3) the implementation of the model which can take the form of a computer program or of a role-playing game, (4) the reflection step to criticize the model and to propose further improvements. For the first two steps, we propose to use a representation based on the Unified Modelling Language.

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“…Numerous contributions in the field stress the importance of 'lay local knowledge' (e.g. López Cerezo and González García, 1996;Wynne, 1992;Yearley et al, 2003;European Commission, 2002;Pellizzoni, 2003). In the case of groundwater pollution due to intensive agriculture, for instance, farmers could provide valuable insights into their manure application techniques and habits.…”

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The role of public participation in managing uncertainty in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive

2005

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The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) constitutes a complex regulation that calls for numerous decisions under uncertainty on the part of the implementing agencies in the member states. This contribution first discusses two different types of uncertainty that may arise in the implementation of the WFD and identifies ways to manage them. Results of a text analysis show that uncertainties are not systematically addressed either in the directive itself or in CIS guidance documents. This paper shows that an important instrument to both manage and, where possible, reduce uncertainty is the participation of interested parties and the broader public. The focus lies on the perspective of the competent authority that has the responsibility to develop and implement the management plan. The paper concludes with recommendations of how to profit from public participation in managing uncertainty but also of where to look out for possible stumbling blocks.

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Participatory Modelling and the Local Governance of the Politics of UK Air Pollution: A Three-City Case Study

Cited by 87 publications

References 6 publications

Environmental governance: participatory, multi‐level – and effective?

Environmental governance: participatory, multi‐level – and effective?

An iterative construction of multi-agent models to represent water supply and demand dynamics at the catchment level

The role of public participation in managing uncertainty in the implementation of the Water Framework Directive

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