Public participation in sustainability science : a handbook /

Public participation in sustainability science : a handbook /

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Imprint:	Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xxix, 281 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Sustainable development -- Citizen participation. Environmental policy -- Citizen participation -- Environmental aspects. Sustainable development -- Citizen participation.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11131198

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Other authors / contributors:	Kasemir, Bernd.
ISBN:	0511061307 9780511061301 9780521818186 0521818184 9780511490972 0511490976 9780511069765 0511069766 0511054971 9780511054976 1280434538 9781280434532 9786610434534 6610434530 1139148591 9781139148597 0511178417 9780511178412 0511305672 9780511305672 0521521440 9780521521444
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	The participation of citizens and other stakeholders is increasingly important for policy making on the environment and sustainable development. The contributors to this book examine methods for facilitating public participation on a local and global level. The authors thus suggest consultation procedures which integrate scientific modelling with democratic decision-making processes.
Other form:	Print version: Public participation in sustainability science. Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, ©2003 0521818184 0521521440

Table of Contents:

Notes on contributors
Foreword: science, participation, and sustainability
Foreword: sustainability, energy use, and public participation
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I. Concepts and insights
Introduction
1. Citizen participation in sustainability assessments
2. Contexts of citizen participation
3. Models as metaphors
Part II. Experiences with IA Focus Groups
Introduction
4. Collage processes and citizens' visions for the future
5. Citizen interaction with computer models
6. Citizens' reports on climate strategies
Part III. Further forms of participation
Introduction
7. Venture capital and climate policy
8. COOL: Exploring options for carbon dioxide-reduction in a participatory mode
9. Expert stakeholder participation in the Thames region
10. On the art of scenario development
Part IV. Future perspectives
Introduction
11. From projects to program in integrated assessment research
12. Citizen participation and developing country agendas
13. Linking the citizen to governance for sustainable climate futures
References
Index