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- Title
Involving the Public: When Are Surveys and Stakeholder Interviews Effective?
- Authors
Darnall, Nicole; Jolley, G. Jason
- Abstract
Scholars and practitioners alike advocate involving stakeholders in environmental decision making, although there is uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of public involvement tools and the degree of public involvement in the decision making process. Some researchers have gone a step further to promote the use of public surveys and stakeholder interviews as preferred means to include public concerns in environmental decision making. However, there is little evidence as to whether public involvement tools are effective at representing public preferences, especially when there is a shortage of technical information to inform public opinion. This study examines the effectiveness of surveys and stakeholder interviews for assessing the District of Columbia's environmental problems in a comparative risk assessment. The findings suggest that these public involvement tools are less effective when there is a shortage of technical data. Instead, more deliberative forms of public involvement may generate greater convergence of opinion regarding environmental problems.
- Subjects
RISK assessment; SURVEYS; STOCKHOLDERS; INVESTMENT analysis; PUBLIC opinion polls; PUBLIC universities &; colleges; PROBLEM solving; DECISION making; INVESTORS
- Publication
Review of Policy Research, 2004, Vol 21, Issue 4, p581
- ISSN
1541-132X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00095.x