A conceptual framework for negotiating public involvement in municipal waste management decision-making in the UK.
A conceptual framework for negotiating public involvement in municipal waste management decision-making in the UK.
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DOI：
10.1016/j.wasman.2017.04.022
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2017-08
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8.1
通讯作者：
K. Garnett;T. Cooper;P. Longhurst;S. Jude;S. Tyrrel
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作者：
K. Garnett;T. Cooper;P. Longhurst;S. Jude;S. Tyrrel
过去，政治家们依靠技术专长来制定成本效益高、无害环境的解决办法，但现在，这些技术专长已不能成为批准废物设施的充分理由。地方当局需要找到更有效的方法，让利益攸关方和社区参与决策，因为公众接受城市废物设施是实施有效废物战略的必要条件。本文介绍了一项研究项目的发现，该项目探讨了公众对英国废物管理决策的更大程度参与的态度。这项研究涉及认识、利益、决策背景、参与手段以及采用参与性决策过程所需的资源和能力等问题。该研究采用混合方法，为协商公众参与废物管理决策的模式和水平提供了一个经验框架。该框架以公众参与的理论和从业人员的经验为基础，并为在不同的废物管理决策背景下与公众团体整合分析和审议提供指导。框架中的原则运作的前提是，关于“更多”和“更好”的公众参与形式的决定可以根据废物问题的性质和决策的更广泛的社会背景进行谈判。从参与研究的广泛利益相关者收集的意见，为设计与环境相关和“符合目的”的公众参与过程提供了新的见解；这表明，在有争议的技术和决策结果的高度不确定性的情况下，需要更大的包容性。
The technical expertise that politicians relied on in the past to produce cost-effective and environmentally sound solutions no longer provides sufficient justification to approve waste facilities. Local authorities need to find more effective ways to involve stakeholders and communities in decision-making since public acceptance of municipal waste facilities is integral to delivering effective waste strategies. This paper presents findings from a research project that explored attitudes towards greater levels of public involvement in UK waste management decision-making. The study addressed questions of perception, interests, the decision context, the means of engagement and the necessary resources and capacity for adopting a participatory decision process. Adopting a mixed methods approach, the research produced an empirical framework for negotiating the mode and level of public involvement in waste management decision-making. The framework captures and builds on theories of public involvement and the experiences of practitioners, and offers guidance for integrating analysis and deliberation with public groups in different waste management decision contexts. Principles in the framework operate on the premise that the decision about ‘more’ and ‘better’ forms of public involvement can be negotiated, based on the nature of the waste problem and wider social context of decision-making. The collection of opinions from the wide range of stakeholders involved in the study has produced new insights for the design of public engagement processes that are context-dependent and ‘fit-for-purpose’; these suggest a need for greater inclusivity in the case of contentious technologies and high levels of uncertainty regarding decision outcomes.