Beyond participation! Social innovations facilitating movement from authoritative state to participatory forest governance in Ukraine
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DOI: 10.1007/s10980-019-00787-x
Abstract: Tuning participatory processes is often insufficient to achieve transition from authoritative state to democratic and participatory forest governance due to institutional inertia and unwillingness to truly decentralize decision-making power. Social innovations as reconfigurations of relationships… read more here.
Keywords: state; forest governance; social innovations; authoritative state ... See more keywords
Augmenting physical 3D models with projected information to support environmental knowledge exchange
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102095
Abstract: Abstract. Participatory GIS has emerged as a useful tool for participatory planning and collaborative decision making. Many participatory GIS approaches are low-tech methods, including using physical objects such as 3D topographical models to assist with… read more here.
Keywords: physical models; knowledge exchange; information; participatory ... See more keywords
Participatory multi-criteria decision analysis in valuing peatland ecosystem services—Trade-offs related to peat extraction vs. pristine peatlands in Southern Finland
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.04.010
Abstract: Abstract The use of peatlands and the multiple but mutually exclusive ecosystem services they provide is a highly debated issue worldwide. We used a participatory multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) to address multiple value dimensions and… read more here.
Keywords: ecosystem; participatory; peat extraction; peatland ecosystem ... See more keywords
Participatory multi-criteria decision aid : operationalizing an integrated assessment of ecosystem services
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.01.012
Abstract: Abstract Ongoing ecosystem alterations underscore the need for ecosystem service assessment to urgently enter policy-making. Participatory methods and a systematic inclusion of stakeholders are crucial yet underdeveloped cornerstones of environmental decision making. This study aims… read more here.
Keywords: decision; ecosystem; ecosystem services; decision making ... See more keywords
How valuing cultural ecosystem services can advance participatory resource management: The case of the Dutch peatlands
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2018.10.008
Abstract: •We present a participatory approach to support a local planning process.•Cultural ecosystem service valuation was combined with cost-benefit analysis.•The approach successfully engaged the key stakeholder groups of the research area.•The results enabled deliberations across monetary… read more here.
Keywords: services advance; valuing cultural; ecosystem; ecosystem services ... See more keywords
Modelling stakeholder perceptions to assess Green Infrastructures potential in agriculture through fuzzy logic: A tool for participatory governance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.envdev.2021.100671
Abstract: Abstract Solutions like Green Infrastructures can restore and maintain key regulative ecosystem services capable of mitigating disaster risk and contributing to climate change adaptation. Given the vulnerabilities that affect agriculture and its role in national… read more here.
Keywords: agriculture; green infrastructures; climate change; fuzzy logic ... See more keywords
The effects of using participatory working time scheduling software on sickness absence: A difference-in-differences study.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103716
Abstract: BACKGROUND Participatory working time scheduling is a collaborative approach to scheduling shift work. As a potential way of improving work time control, it may provide a means to reducing sickness absence in shift work. So… read more here.
Keywords: absence; working time; sickness absence; time scheduling ... See more keywords
Evaluation of participatory planning: Lessons from Hungarian Natura 2000 management planning processes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.09.028
Abstract: Stakeholder participation in nature conservation policies and especially in the management of protected areas has gained importance in the last decades. These changes are underlined by democratic principles and the perceived contribution of stakeholder involvement… read more here.
Keywords: planning; management planning; conservation; management ... See more keywords
Plants utilized as medicines by residents of Quilombo da Fazenda, Núcleo Picinguaba, Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil: A participatory survey.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2019.112123
Abstract: ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Participatory research can help to broaden the understanding of medical systems and beliefs of traditional communities. An ethnopharmacological survey in collaboration with local people focused on plants used in quilombos located in Southeast… read more here.
Keywords: quilombo fazenda; plant; brazil; survey ... See more keywords
Participatory Uses of Geospatial Technologies to Leverage Multiple Knowledge Systems within Development Contexts: A Case Study from the Peruvian Amazon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.01.007
Abstract: Summary Participatory approaches have proven effective at producing more inclusive and democratic forms of development, in which marginalized groups are given increased recognition. However, these approaches can also reinforce social hierarchies and political exclusion if… read more here.
Keywords: participatory; geospatial technologies; peruvian amazon; knowledge systems ... See more keywords
Responsibility to choose: Governmentality in China’s participatory dam resettlement processes
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105090
Abstract: Abstract This contribution analyzes the social impacts of participatory approaches introduced by international development agencies and the Chinese central government on dam resettlement in China. By analyzing resettlement villages in Yunnan Province, we first explore… read more here.
Keywords: dam resettlement; resettlement; china; governmentality ... See more keywords