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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Blackmore, C. |
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Conference:
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Seventh European IFSA Symposium |
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Location:
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Wageningen, the Netherlands |
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Conf. Date:
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7 - 11 May 2006 |
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Date:
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2006 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2156
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Sector:
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General & Multiple Resources |
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Region:
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Europe |
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Subject(s):
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participatory development
social behavior
learning
systems
environmental change
decision making
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Abstract:
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"If popular environmental magazines and journals of 2005 are to be believed there has been an upsurge in participatory decision making backed up by legislation, for instance that arising from the EU's Aarhus Convention. However, there are also many critiques to
be found of these participatory approaches and a range of policy makers, researchers and individual authors have suggested that in many situations where there are resource dilemmas, social learning rather than more participation is required. There are many different theories and practices of participation and social learning and some different assumptions underpinning the rationale for them. Participatory and social learning approaches are often grouped together but do they always complement each other and if so, how? What kind of participation is required to bring about social learning as part of environmental decision making? And does it help to think of social learning as systems? This paper will explore some of these questions drawing in some examples from environmental decision-making situations, mainly from the UK."
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