Der Planungsprozess 1995-2000, betrachtet aus partizipationstheoretischer Sicht
Urs Müller, Michael Kollmair, 2004
"It
seems to be increasingly recognised worldwide that the aims of nature
conservation or of regional planning can only be achieved with adequate
involvement of the concerned communities themselves. This article
analyses the social processes during the proposed extension of the Swiss
National Park between 1996 and 2000 from a participatory viewpoint. It
is based on an analysis of relevant newspaper articles and in-depth
interviews with representatives of involved stakeholders. Considering
that participation is a very popular, yet contested term, we distinguish
between normative (i.e., the aim is participation) and instrumental
(i.e., the aim is to achieve predefined goals) participation, notions
that supplement rather than exclude each other. While the local
population rejected the majority of the proposed extensions of the Park,
results show that this should not be perceived as a failure of the
process. That the outcome was not perceived by local people to be
satisfactory could be explained by the lack of awareness of the basic
principles of participatory processes, like openness and transparency of
planning, a sufficient timeframe, and independent mediation. These
organisational shortcomings resulted in fundamental opposition from
groups of local stakeholders and constrained the future development
potential of the region."
DISP 2004, Vol. 159, No. 4,pp. 44-51
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