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Natural resources for a democratic society: public participation in decision-making. [Book: collection of 12 essays]

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OSTI ID:7212561

Decision-making in resources development in the 1970s faces an increasingly critical challenge: how to accommodate a growing demand for a more direct public involvement in planning and policy-making. This volume presents a synthesis of the experience in North America and Europe to date and offers some suggestions as to the likely shape of public participation in resources development decision-making in the years ahead. Papers included are: The Culture of Participation in Environmental Decision Making, W.R. Derrick Sewell and Timothy O'Riordan; Citizen Participation--Practice in Search of a Theory, Norman Wengert; Who Participates--A Sociological Interpretation of Natural Resource Decisions, William R. Burch, Jr.; Policy Making and Environmental Management--Some Thoughts on Processes and Research Issues, Timothy O'Riordan; Legal Foundations for Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making, Alastair R. Lucas; Regressive Siting of Public Facilities, Julian Wolpert; Public Participation in Environmental Management--A Case Study, Paul Wilkinson; Conflict in Resource Management and the Use of Threat: The Goldstream Controversy, Colin J.B. Wood; The Role of the Public in Water Management Decisions in France, P.F. Teniere-Buchot; The Public Involvement Program in the Okanagan Basin Study, Jon O'Riordan; Some Observations on Alternative Mechanisms for Public Involvement--The Hearing, Public Opinion Poll, the Workshop and the Quasi-Experiment, Thomas A. Heberlein; and Analyzing Public Input to Resource Decisions--Criteria, Principles and Case Examples of the CODINVOLVE System, Roger N. Clark and George H. Stankey.

OSTI ID:
7212561
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English