Co-click’eau, a participatory method for land-use scenarios in water catchments

Emilia Chantre (), Laurence Guichard, Rémy Ballot (), Florence Jacquet, Marie-Helene Jeuffroy (), Cybill Prigent () and Marc Barzman
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Emilia Chantre: SADAPT - Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Laurence Guichard: Agronomie - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Rémy Ballot: Agronomie - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Marie-Helene Jeuffroy: Agronomie - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Cybill Prigent: Agronomie - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech
Marc Barzman: ECO-INNOV - Unité Impacts Ecologiques des Innovations en Production Végétale - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

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Abstract: Agricultural use of pesticides and nitrogen has negatively impacted drinking water quality. In France, 1000 water catchments now face a legal obligation to develop and implement action plans to reduce such pollution. Unfortunately, the action plans suffer from delays, are developed mechanically to strictly comply with a preset list of measures resulting in minimal changes in practices. Their impact is generally insufficient to preserve or restore water quality. In this context, the Co-click'eau method was proposed to elicit the development of locally-relevant catchment action plans by drawing on stakeholder participation and modeling for the design and assessment of scenarios on land-use changes at the whole-catchment scale. The method was tested in 2011–2012 in three different catchments. Our results show that it has a significant role to play in facilitating the development of catchment-specific action plans for which local stakeholders can feel a sense of ownership and commitment. Co-click'eau is also valuable in enhancing collective action by eliciting a process where local stakeholders share their knowledge and explore possible futures. Participation of a wide diversity of local stakeholders, along with a flexible modeling approach makes it possible to take into account local constraints and helps to break down local lock-ins.

Keywords: scenario; catchment areas; drinking water; pesticides; nitrate; participatory modeling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Land Use Policy, 2016, 59, pp.260-271. ⟨10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.09.001⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.09.001

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