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- Title
Expert engagement in participatory processes: translating stakeholder discourses into policy options.
- Authors
Linnerooth-Bayer, JoAnne; Scolobig, Anna; Ferlisi, Settimio; Cascini, Leonardo; Thompson, Michael
- Abstract
This paper demonstrates an innovative role for experts in supporting participatory policy processes with an application to landslide risk management in the Italian town of Nocera Inferiore. Experts co-produce risk mitigation options based on their specialized knowledge taking account of local knowledge and values by directly coupling stakeholder discourses with option design. Drawing on the theory of plural rationality and based on a literature review, interviews and a public questionnaire, stakeholder discourses are elicited on the landslide risk problem and its solution. Armed with the discourses and in close interaction with stakeholders, experts provide a range of technical mitigation options, each within a given budget constraint. These options are subsequently deliberated in the participatory process with the intent of reaching compromise recommendations for landslide risk mitigation. As we show in an accompanying paper, 'Compromise not consensus. Designing a participatory process for landslide risk mitigation' (this issue), the provision of multiple co-produced policy options enhances stakeholder deliberation by respecting legitimate differences in values and worldviews.
- Subjects
NOCERA Inferiore (Italy); STAKEHOLDERS; RISK assessment for landslides; DELIBERATION; LANDSLIDES
- Publication
Natural Hazards, 2016, Vol 81, p69
- ISSN
0921-030X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11069-015-1805-8