PUBLIC DELIBERATION ABOUT SALMON RESTORATION IMPACTS: DIFFERENCES IN THE INPUT OF CITIZENS IN DIFFERENT COMMUNITY ROLES

Charles C. Harris (), Dennis R. Becker, Erik A. Nielsen and William J. McLaughlin
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Charles C. Harris: Department of Conservation Social Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA
Dennis R. Becker: Department of Forest Resources, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA
Erik A. Nielsen: School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
William J. McLaughlin: Department of Conservation Social Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA

Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), 2014, vol. 16, issue 04, 1-33

Abstract: We conducted a deliberative participatory process for social impact assessment (SIA), where interactive, community-based forums (ICFs) gathered public input about community impacts of alternatives for salmon recovery in the Inland Northwest of the United States. After residents were provided information about alternatives and engaged in facilitated discussions, we elicited their understandings of community conditions and judgments of socio-economic impacts.The present analysis focuses on the proposition that citizens engaged in the ICF process who represented diverse roles, based on community domains such as business, health-care, and education, would significantly differ in their judgments about those socio-economic impacts. We collected data on 705 community residents in forums conducted in 27 communities across the Inland Northwest. Results affirm that differences in roles and associated lifestyles, ideologies, and political viewpoints were related to differences in judgments of community conditions and contentiousness of planning alternatives. Implications for the ICF process and its effectiveness for SIA, as well as for other kinds of participatory processes, are discussed.

Keywords: Public involvement; social impact assessment; collaborative decisionmaking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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