Designing Participation Processes for Water Management and Beyond

Autor: Rianne Bijlsma, Patrick D'Aquino, Katherine A. Daniell, Y. von Korff
Přispěvatelé: Aucun, LISODE, Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-AgroParisTech-Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier (CIHEAM-IAMM), Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM)-Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes (CIHEAM), Deltares
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Ecology and Society
Ecology and Society, Resilience Alliance, 2010, 15 (3), 29 p
Ecology and Society, 2010, 15 (3), 29 p
Ecology and society, 15(3). The Resilience Alliance
Ecology and Society, Vol 15, Iss 3, p 1 (2010)
Scopus-Elsevier
ISSN: 2381-3652
1708-3087
Popis: [Departement_IRSTEA]Eaux [TR1_IRSTEA]GEUSI; This article addresses the question of how to design participation processes in water management and other fields. Despite a lot of work on participation, and especially its evaluation, this question has received little attention in the research literature. However, it is important, because previous research has made it clear that participation may yield important benefits for humans and the environment but that these benefits do not occur automatically. One precondition is sound design. The design of participation processes has been addressed in detail in the so-called "craft" literature but more rarely in the scientific literature. This article helps close this gap by systematically analyzing and comparing five design guides to determine whether it is possible to combine them into a more robust guide. The article confirms that possibility and presents a preliminary outline for such a guide. Principles for participatory process orientation are presented, as well as numerous partially iterative steps. The adaptive process is laid out in a way intended to help designers determine the objectives of the participation process and the initial design context, and make preplanning choices that eventually lead to the selection of suitable participation mechanisms. There are also design tools that facilitate this work. We discuss how our findings are largely compatible with previous research on participation, notably the work on criteria for "good" or "effective" participation processes. We also argue that our article advances research on an important remaining question in the scientific literature on participation: What process should be chosen in which context?
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