Stakeholder and public participation in river basin management-an introduction.

摘要: Participation of the public and stakeholders in river basin management is increasingly promoted because it expected to improve resource enable participants engage freely equally (support democratic processes). Three overlapping interacting mechanisms by which participation enhance are outlined: (1) providing space for deliberation consensus building better quality decisions, (2) mobilizing developing human social capital decisions their implementation, (3) raising legitimacy facilitate implementation. There several complexities associated with each that add challenges realizing expectations participation. They include need carefully manage conflict maximize decision without jeopardizing potential implementation; being aware implementing strategies asymmetrical power relationships between participants; ensuring perceive benefits from exceed costs; defining criteria a legitimate process, decision, satisfy all participants. Strategies identified address these focus on managing characteristics process. Ongoing evaluation during program or project essential reflect refine how done, endeavor achieve high-quality can be implemented efficiently. WIREs Water 2015, 2:393-405. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1086 For further resources related this article, please visit website.