TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing participatory monitoring in river management
T2 - The role of stakeholders' perspectives and incentives
AU - Verbrugge, Laura N.H.
AU - Ganzevoort, Wessel
AU - Fliervoet, Jan M.
AU - Panten, Katharina
AU - van den Born, Riyan J.G.
PY - 2017/6/15
Y1 - 2017/6/15
N2 - Involving local stakeholders in monitoring has the potential to stimulate learning and improve management responses. However, there is limited understanding about factors which influence implementation and success. This paper reviews local stakeholders' perceptions with respect to the construction of longitudinal dams in the Dutch river Waal, and explores their incentives to be involved in monitoring the effects of this intervention. Interviews with key stakeholders showed that concerns and (dis)trust are important incentives for participating in monitoring. Surveys of local residents, recreational anglers and boaters, and shipping professionals mapped their level of trust, attachment to the river landscape and evaluation of the effects of the longitudinal dams. Our case study shows that incentives for participation differ between stakeholder groups, and that research into their perceptions of the local environment can inform water managers on how to involve these groups in participatory monitoring.
AB - Involving local stakeholders in monitoring has the potential to stimulate learning and improve management responses. However, there is limited understanding about factors which influence implementation and success. This paper reviews local stakeholders' perceptions with respect to the construction of longitudinal dams in the Dutch river Waal, and explores their incentives to be involved in monitoring the effects of this intervention. Interviews with key stakeholders showed that concerns and (dis)trust are important incentives for participating in monitoring. Surveys of local residents, recreational anglers and boaters, and shipping professionals mapped their level of trust, attachment to the river landscape and evaluation of the effects of the longitudinal dams. Our case study shows that incentives for participation differ between stakeholder groups, and that research into their perceptions of the local environment can inform water managers on how to involve these groups in participatory monitoring.
KW - Citizen science
KW - Community-based monitoring
KW - Place attachment
KW - Public perceptions
KW - Stakeholder participation
KW - Trust
KW - n/a OA procedure
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.035
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.11.035
M3 - Article
SN - 0301-4797
VL - 195
SP - 62
EP - 69
JO - Journal of environmental management
JF - Journal of environmental management
IS - Part 1
ER -