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- Title
A Concept for Testing Decision Support Tools in Participatory Processes Applied to the ToSIA Tool.
- Authors
Tuomasjukka, Diana; Lindner, Marcus; Edwards, David
- Abstract
ToSIA (Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) offers a transparent and consistent methodological framework to assess impacts of changes (technological, policy, management, etc.) in the forest-based sector. This tool is able to facilitate the decision making process within and between diverse groups of stakeholders (e.g., forest managers and policymakers) as it provides a neutral, transparent and data-driven platform for stakeholder interaction and communication. To test these capabilities of ToSIA, a practical approach to test if a decision support system is suitable for participatory processes was developed based on a set of evaluation criteria for participatory processes. ToSIA's performance was assessed and discussed in different categories against a selection of criteria for successful participatory processes: six criteria were fulfilled by ToSIA, in nine, ToSIA is potentially helpful, in two, criteria ToSIA has no influence, and for three criteria, no experiences exist until now. As a result, ToSIA's conceptual suitability as a participatory decision support system was confirmed for two interlinked roles: as a decision support system to assess alternative scenarios, and as a communication platform for stakeholder interaction.
- Subjects
SUSTAINABILITY; FOREST management; DECISION support systems; SCIENCE &; state; POLICY sciences
- Publication
Challenges (20781547), 2013, Vol 4, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
2078-1547
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/challe4010034