Developing an Evaluation for Crosscutting Policy Goals: The Accessibility Policy Assessment Tool

Gillian Bristow, John Farrington, Jon Shaw and Tim Richardson
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Gillian Bristow: School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WA, Wales
John Farrington: Institute of Transport and Rural Research, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Elphinstone Road, Aberdeen AB24 3UF, Scotland
Jon Shaw: Centre for Sustainable Transport and School of Geography, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, England
Tim Richardson: Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 13.50, 9220 Aalborg East, Denmark

Environment and Planning A, 2009, vol. 41, issue 1, 48-62

Abstract: This paper reports upon the development of a policy assessment tool designed to evaluate the outcomes of policies promoting increased accessibility to services in rural areas. Much public policy is now concerned with addressing issues (such as accessibility) that span traditional organisational responsibilities and boundaries and thus require ‘joined-up’ thinking. At the same time, public policy is also increasingly required to be ‘evidence based’. As a consequence, it becomes necessary to develop appraisal and evaluation tools capable of assessing the achievements of joined-up policy interventions and their broader impacts on decision making and delivery across a diverse number of stakeholders. The Accessibility Policy Assessment Tool has been developed as a way of focusing more on the wider impacts of policy initiatives and is based upon a realist synthesis and multimethod approach to policy assessment. Through this focus, it has the potential to contribute to broader evaluation practice.

Date: 2009
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