UNDERSTANDING PERCEPTIONS OF CHANGE: A PATHWAYS CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING

Mark Lemon (), Paul Jeffrey (), Brian S. McIntosh () and Tim Oxley ()
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Mark Lemon: International Ecotechnology Research Centre, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Paul Jeffrey: School of Water Sciences, Cranfield University Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Brian S. McIntosh: School of Water Sciences, Cranfield University Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Tim Oxley: Department of Environmental Science & Technology, Imperial College, London SW7 2BP, UK

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2004, vol. 06, issue 02, 189-211

Abstract: Participation has become part of the language of environmental management. While this move is positive there remains a danger that overly formalised and restricted participatory procedures, in terms of the information sought, may constrain and hinder dialogue and learning between the public and management agencies. Responses to specific issues are often sought from members of the public without a clear understanding about whether those issues are salient to them, where they are salient or how they fit into multiple and dynamic interpretations of environmental change. This paper uses case study material from the UK to demonstrate a novel Pathways Approach to the recording and analysis of individual perceptions about environmental change. The approach seeks to concentrate on experience and interpretation and is based on the conceptualisation of perceived cause–effect relationships and the pathways that support them. The links between time, space and community are considered within this analysis, as is the potential for improved participation through the provision of policy relevant information to planners and environmental managers operating in complex, multi-perspective situations.

Keywords: Pathways Approach; participatory processes; perceptions of change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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