|
AgEcon Search >
European Association of Agricultural Economists >
2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium >
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://purl.umn.edu/43949
|
| Title: | Economic Aspects in Landscape Decision-making: a Participatory Planning Tool based on a Representative Approach |
| Authors: | van der Heide, C.M.
Blaeij, A.T. de
Heijman, Wim J.M. |
| Keywords: | Landscape economics
Choice
experiment
Stakeholder analysis. |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we develop a method for
spatial decision support that combines economic
efficiency – measured by the concept of willingness
to pay – with a participatory planning tool, that
allows for an active collaboration among the actors
involved, in such a way that decision makers can
draw on the outcomes in their spatial planning and
design process. The method is called RITAM, a
Dutch acronym for spatially explicit, participatory
and interdisciplinary trade-off method, and
combines features of three different approaches to
achieve an ‘optimal’ landscape. These three
approaches are (i) choice experiment approach; (ii)
consumer versus citizen approach; and (iii)
participatory approach. As such, RITAM can be
seen as a valuation technique that makes explicit
use of a participatory approach, in which people
managing the landscape – in particular the
representatives of the different stakeholder groups
that use the landscape for different purposes – are
engaged. We applied this new method to a case
study in the Frisian Lake District (the
Netherlands). The result give an indication of the
spatial preferences of the population living in and
around the area. Although future works is
required, RITAM appears to be a suitable method
for landscape planning and design processes, taken
into account the preferences of the different
organised interest groups in an area. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/43949 |
| Institution/Association: | European Association of Agricultural Economists>2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium |
| Total Pages: | 10 |
| Collections: | 2008 International Congress, August 26-29, 2008, Ghent, Belgium
|
Files in This Item:
| File |
Description |
Size | Format |
|---|
| 147.pdf | | 1173Kb | PDF | View/Open |
|
Recommend this item
All items in AgEcon Search are protected by copyright.
|
