Integrating Technical Analysis With Deliberation in Regional Watershed Management Planning: Applying the National Research Council Approach |
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| Authors: | Thomas Webler Seth Tuler |
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| Institution: | Thomas Webler is core faculty in the Doctoral Program in Environmental Studies at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, New Hampshire.;Seth Tuler is a researcher at the Social and Environmental Research Institute in Leverett, Massachusetts. |
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| Abstract: | This paper suggests that applications of watershed management planning would benefit from a theoretical consideration of the policymaking process. A conceptual schema from the field of risk analysis proposes that policymaking be conceived of as a combination of two types of activities: analysis and deliberation. We argue that these concepts are relevant to watershed management planning and we illustrate how a process successfully might integrate both kinds of activities into an iterative, participatory process that is informed competently with relevant knowledge and that promotes learning. |
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