Conflicting Values in Rural Planning: A Multifunctionality Approach through Social Multi-Criteria Evaluation

Iker Etxano, Itziar Barinaga-Rementeria and Oihana Garcia
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Iker Etxano: Department of Applied Economics I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940 Leioa, Spain
Itziar Barinaga-Rementeria: Department of Accounting and Finance, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Oihana Garcia: Department of Applied Economics I, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 01006 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Sustainability, 2018, vol. 10, issue 5, 1-29

Abstract: The planning of rural land depends, to a large extent, on the agreed-upon agrarian and forestry development model. Within the framework of agrarian multifunctionality, to evaluate different development alternatives and their effect on territorial planning, its multiple dimensions must be considered as well as the interests and needs of the stakeholders. This work thus addresses the comprehensive evaluation of development alternatives for the rural area of a municipality of the Basque Country (Spain) through the implementation of a multi-criteria evaluation method with social participation. The results show, firstly, the existence of trade-offs between the functions to be promoted in the various development models evaluated. Secondly, the results indicate the need to reverse recent trends in the sector and the convenience of moving towards an agro-livestock model of greater ecological and local character, independently of the followed forest model. In fact, the evaluation carried out also reveals, thirdly, the existence of more or less latent conflicts, in particular with regards to forest policy.

Keywords: rural development; multifunctionality; rural planning; participatory process; social multi-criteria evaluation (SMCE) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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