Der abschließende Teil dieses Sammelbandes fasst die in den Teilen A bis D detailliert beschriebenen Erfahrungen und Erkenntnisse aus der Anwendungspraxis sowie die Überlegungen zur Weiterentwicklung des ROV in grundlegenden Empfehlungen zusammen und trifft hierbei insbesondere Aussagen zum...

Die aktuelle Planungsdiskussion wird geprägt durch das Spannungsfeld zwischen politischen und gesamtgesellschaftlichen Zielen einerseits und Fragen der lokalen Umsetzung andererseits. Die Öffentlichkeit und einzelne Bürger sind Kernelement jedes Planungsprozesses. Dabei reicht die Bandbreite...

In recent years, public participation has been a frequent object of research, especially in relation to rulemaking procedures. The aim of the paper is to verify a common thesis, that public participation is a means for enhancing democratic legitimacy in rulemaking. In order to do so, the author...

Abstract In South Africa, government relies significantly on NGOs in the delivery of social services (Patel, L. 2012. “Developmental Social Policy, Social Welfare Services and the Non‐Profit Sector in South Africa.” Social Policy & Administration 46 (6): 603–18). The services NGOs...

Fresh water resources provide a platform for complex and often emotional issues to develop, particularly in resource scarcity situations. Bulk water infrastructure contains elements of a public good and proved vulnerable to failures in market and government driven allocation strategies. Common...

The ever greater role given to public participation by laws and regulations, in particular in the field of environmental management calls for new operational methods and tools for managers and practitioners. This paper analyses the potentials and the critical limitations of current approaches in...

Water managers increasingly are faced with the challenge of building public or stakeholder support for resource management strategies. Building support requires raising stakeholder awareness of resource problems and understanding about the consequences of different policy options. One approach...