Integrating Stakeholder Knowledge Through a Participatory Approach and Semi-Quantitative Analysis for Local Watershed Management DOI Creative Commons
Jofri Issac, Robert Newell

Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(5), P. 364 - 364

Published: May 8, 2025

Watersheds are threatened by numerous issues, such as climate change, population growth, urban expansion, and industrial development. These issues complex interconnected, effectively addressing them requires integrating the values, knowledge, expertise of various governing bodies, local organizations, community members, all whom have their own viewpoints priorities. The current study employs a participatory approach systems lens to engage different stakeholders in complexity watershed management approaches. Using modeling semi-quantitative scenario analysis techniques, identifies relationships among challenges, strategies well dynamics these relationships. A fuzzy cognitive map was developed, which consists 53 nodes (i.e., 13 12 28 strategies) 113 connections. Biodiversity, mental health, sense place emerged key they exhibited high centrality values when analyzing system, challenges like invasive species sprawl were found exert considerable impacts on values. Strategies establishing expanding greenspace, stewardship, governance-based interventions identified critical for enhancing series that focus resource allocation, governance, institutional collaboration address set engagement-based environmental communication public awareness. demonstrates potential techniques can both tangible, measurable intangible, difficult-to-measure into planning policymaking. research reinforces idea governments play role fostering inclusive collaborative strategies.

Language: Английский

Integrating Stakeholder Knowledge Through a Participatory Approach and Semi-Quantitative Analysis for Local Watershed Management DOI Creative Commons
Jofri Issac, Robert Newell

Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(5), P. 364 - 364

Published: May 8, 2025

Watersheds are threatened by numerous issues, such as climate change, population growth, urban expansion, and industrial development. These issues complex interconnected, effectively addressing them requires integrating the values, knowledge, expertise of various governing bodies, local organizations, community members, all whom have their own viewpoints priorities. The current study employs a participatory approach systems lens to engage different stakeholders in complexity watershed management approaches. Using modeling semi-quantitative scenario analysis techniques, identifies relationships among challenges, strategies well dynamics these relationships. A fuzzy cognitive map was developed, which consists 53 nodes (i.e., 13 12 28 strategies) 113 connections. Biodiversity, mental health, sense place emerged key they exhibited high centrality values when analyzing system, challenges like invasive species sprawl were found exert considerable impacts on values. Strategies establishing expanding greenspace, stewardship, governance-based interventions identified critical for enhancing series that focus resource allocation, governance, institutional collaboration address set engagement-based environmental communication public awareness. demonstrates potential techniques can both tangible, measurable intangible, difficult-to-measure into planning policymaking. research reinforces idea governments play role fostering inclusive collaborative strategies.

Language: Английский

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