Gaining legitimacy and losing trust: Stakeholder participation in Ecological Risk Assessment for Marine protected area management

Environmental Values

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 417-438

  Treffny, Raphael ^a   Beilin, Ruth ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expert and lay knowledge; Legitimacy; Participation; Risk; Trust

Indexed keywords

COMPLIANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERT SYSTEM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MARINE PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; PRIORITIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAKEHOLDER;

EID: 84856804947     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327111X13077055166144     Document Type: Article

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