Developing a collaborative model for environmental planning and management |
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Authors: | Steve Selin Deborah Chevez |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Forestry, West Virginia University, P.O. Box 6125, 26506-6125 Morgantown, West Virginia, USA;(2) Fores Fire Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, 4955 Canyon Crest Drive, 92507 California, Riverside, USA |
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Abstract: | Methods for involving the public in natural resource management are changing as agencies adjust to an increasingly turbulent
social and political environment. There is growing interest among managers and scholars in collaborative approaches to public
involvement. Collaboration is conceptually defined and elaborated using examples from the natural resource management field.
This paper then examines how collaboration theory from the organizational behavior field can help environmental managers to
better understand those factors that facilitate and inhibit collaborative solutions to resource problems. A process-oriented
model is presented that proposes that collaboration emerges out of an environmental context and then proceeds sequentially
through a problem-setting, direction-setting, and structuring phase. Factors constraining collaboration are also specified,
including organizational culture and power differentials. Designs for managing collaboration are identified, which include
appreciative planning, joint agreements, dialogues, and negotiated settlements. Environmental managers need new skills to
manage collaboration within a dynamic social and political environment. Further research is needed to test the propositions
outlined here. |
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Keywords: | Collaboration Public involvement Natural resources Dispute resolution Partnerships Environmental management Transactive planning Communities of interest |
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