The benefits of combining lay and expert input for water-management planning at the watershed level | Intérêts d'associer savoirs profanes et expertises pour la gestion de l'eau à l'échelle du bassin versant
2005
Rinaudo, J.D. | Garin, Patrice | Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) | Gestion de l'Eau, Acteurs, Usages (UMR G-EAU) ; Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF)-Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [Occitanie])
[Departement_IRSTEA]RE [TR1_IRSTEA]GES / USAGES
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. With the promulgation of the EC Water Framework Directive (WFD), stakeholders' involvement in water management planning and public consultation has become mandatory for member states. This paper investigates the case of France, where water management has been based on a distinctive form of participatory democracy for over 40 years. It first analyses how public participation and expert opinion fit into the water-management planning procedure and compares this to what occurs elsewhere in Europe and the United States. It then proposes an operational method for initiating the participatory process with an analysis of the stakeholders' viewpoint at the watershed level. The method, which relies on interviews, is applied to two watersheds located in southern France. The results of the two case studies illustrate how the stakeholders' viewpoint analysis can give access to practical knowledge and experience and to a wider range of perspectives and options. The case studies highlight the idea that the mobilisation of non-scientific (or lay) knowledge, values and preferences can improve the quality of the identification of the issues at stake, the formulation of a generally complex and unstructured problem and the identification of a large panel of alternative solutions. The paper then proposes some recommendations for implementing the provisions of the WFD
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