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| Local participation of stakeholders in governance of protected areas is considered to be important to natural resource management and biodiversity conservation. Social network analysis (SNA) is a useful tool for analysis because it allows the understanding of stakeholders’ relationships, interactions, and influences through communication networks. We combine quantitative and qualitative data to undertake a SNA for the natural park of Sant Llorenç del Munt in Catalonia, Spain. This is aimed at (1) assessing the structure of the communication network; (2) comparing the informal communication network with the formal participatory bodies of the natural park; and (3) selecting participants for subsequent analyses of the adequate governance... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Communication network; Natural resource governance; Resource management; Social network analysis; Stakeholder analysis.. |
| Ano: 2015 |
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| van der Heide, C.M.; Blaeij, A.T. de; Heijman, Wim J.M.. |
| In this paper, we develop a method for spatial decision support that combines economic efficiency – measured by the concept of willingness to pay – with a participatory planning tool, that allows for an active collaboration among the actors involved, in such a way that decision makers can draw on the outcomes in their spatial planning and design process. The method is called RITAM, a Dutch acronym for spatially explicit, participatory and interdisciplinary trade-off method, and combines features of three different approaches to achieve an ‘optimal’ landscape. These three approaches are (i) choice experiment approach; (ii) consumer versus citizen approach; and (iii) participatory approach. As such, RITAM can be seen as a valuation technique that makes... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Landscape economics; Choice experiment; Stakeholder analysis.; Land Economics/Use. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/43949 |
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