@article{Ogden:201667,
      recid = {201667},
      author = {Ogden, Laura},
      title = {Public participation in environmental decision-making: a  case study of ecosystem restoration in South FloridaPublic  participation in environmental decision-making: a case  study of ecosystem restoration in South Florida},
      journal = {Cahiers d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales (CESR)},
      address = {2003},
      number = {905-2016-70603},
      series = {80},
      year = {2003},
      abstract = {The “ecosystem” is the conceptual model guiding  environmental restoration projects in the Florida  Everglades, a large wetlands region in the southern United  States. According to applied ecological frameworks,  ecosystems are geographies (of various temporal and spatial  scales) where systemic interrelationships of organisms and  habitat occur. With current project estimates at 14.8  billion dollars, ecosystem restoration in South Florida  represents one of the largest and most expensive  environmental projects ever attempted. In this article, I  provide an overview of the changes to the Florida  Everglades which have led to the need for restorative  interventions. I then outline the conceptual framework  guiding ecosystem management in South Florida, focusing on  the transformation of this framework that occurs through  its institutionalization into a set of management and  planning practices. The article ends with a discussion of  how the “public” is conceptualized within this  institutionalized ecosystem management framework, and the  ramifications of this conceptualization for Everglades  restoration public engagement activit},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/201667},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.201667},
}