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Modelling with stakeholders - Next generation
, Alexey Voinov, Nagesh Kolagani, Michael K.McCall
Published in Elsevier Ltd
2016
Volume: 77
   
Pages: 196 - 220
Abstract
This paper updates and builds on 'Modelling with Stakeholders' Voinov and Bousquet, 2010 which demonstrated the importance of, and demand for, stakeholder participation in resource and environmental modelling. This position paper returns to the concepts of that publication and reviews the progress made since 2010. A new development is the wide introduction and acceptance of social media and web applications, which dramatically changes the context and scale of stakeholder interactions and participation. Technology advances make it easier to incorporate information in interactive formats via visualization and games to augment participatory experiences. Citizens as stakeholders are increasingly demanding to be engaged in planning decisions that affect them and their communities, at scales from local to global. How people interact with and access models and data is rapidly evolving. In turn, this requires changes in how models are built, packaged, and disseminated: citizens are less in awe of experts and external authorities, and they are increasingly aware of their own capabilities to provide inputs to planning processes, including models. The continued acceleration of environmental degradation and natural resource depletion accompanies these societal changes, even as there is a growing acceptance of the need to transition to alternative, possibly very different, life styles. Substantive transitions cannot occur without significant changes in human behaviour and perceptions. The important and diverse roles that models can play in guiding human behaviour, and in disseminating and increasing societal knowledge, are a feature of stakeholder processes today. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
About the journal
JournalData powered by TypesetEnvironmental Modelling and Software
PublisherData powered by TypesetElsevier Ltd
ISSN13648152
Open AccessNo
Concepts (20)
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    Natural resources
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    Social networking (online)
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    SOCIAL SCIENCES
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    BIASES
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    CITIZEN SCIENCE
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    Crowdsourcing
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    SERIOUS GAMES
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    Social media
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    Uncertainty
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    Behavioral research
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    Environmental degradation
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    ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING
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    LOCAL PARTICIPATION
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    Nature-society relations
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    Participatory approach
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    PLANNING PRACTICE
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    PLANNING PROCESS
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    Social behavior
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    STAKEHOLDER
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    Uncertainty analysis