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Planning for democracy in protected rural areas: Application of a voting method in a Spanish-Portuguese reserve

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Resumo:The planning of protected rural areas is usually defined by institutional decision-makers without considering the preferences of the local communities that live on the land, which frequently leads to conflicts in landmanagement. This paper proposes a votingmethod based on the Borda count to rank themanagement goals of a protected rural area. Themethodwas applied in a Spanish-Portuguese reserve called Iberian Plateauwith the aimof collecting the preferences of institutional decision-makers (government and scientists) and rural landowners (farmers and businesspersons). Regarding the conservation and development objectives, the results show differences in spatial planning when only the preferences of institutional decision-makers are taken into consideration, as opposed to when the preferences of landowners are included within the analysis.
Autores principais:Castro-Pardo, Mónica de
Outros Autores:Pérez-Rodríguez, Fernando; Martín-Martín, José María; Azevedo, João
Assunto:Land planning Participatory techniques Protected rural area Voting
Ano:2019
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital do IPB
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Resumo:The planning of protected rural areas is usually defined by institutional decision-makers without considering the preferences of the local communities that live on the land, which frequently leads to conflicts in landmanagement. This paper proposes a votingmethod based on the Borda count to rank themanagement goals of a protected rural area. Themethodwas applied in a Spanish-Portuguese reserve called Iberian Plateauwith the aimof collecting the preferences of institutional decision-makers (government and scientists) and rural landowners (farmers and businesspersons). Regarding the conservation and development objectives, the results show differences in spatial planning when only the preferences of institutional decision-makers are taken into consideration, as opposed to when the preferences of landowners are included within the analysis.