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Spring 2015
In Greenland today oil, gas, and mineral resource development is being pursued as a means for financial independence from the Kingdom of Denmark. Such development carries the potential for radical and unprecedented environmental and societal change. Recent years have witnessed intense political...
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Evaluating the effectiveness of citizen participation in public forest planning and management: results from surveys of public advisory committee members in Canada
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Forest governance within Canada includes public engagement as an established component of forest resource development and regulation. Public engagement, often through local stakeholder advisory committees, can address conflicts in values and can facilitate decision making under conditions of...
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Good Participation in Web-based Public Participation Geographic Information System (WPPGIS)
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Development of Public Participation Geographic Information System (PPGIS) was an attempt to bring technology to communities for their decision-making. To overcome the limitations of the traditional public participation and with the huge progress in the web-based technologies, community planners...
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2014-09-30
Zvyagintseva, Lydia, Carruthers, Alexandra
This presentation explores the civic role of libraries in relation to the open data movement. Where do cities and libraries intersect? How can we support digital literacy, promote civic participation and leverage the knowledge found in our communities? We discuss two events that took place in...
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People, land, and pipelines: perspectives on resource decision-making in the Sahtu Region, Northwest Territories
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This dissertation examines the ways in which three Aboriginal communities in the Sahtu Region of the Northwest Territories are participating in decisions and activities related to non-renewable resource extraction on Sahtu lands. In particular, I examine local involvement in the assessment and...
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The Deliberative Experience: Exploring the Experiences of Participants within the Citizens' Panel on Edmonton's Energy and Climate Challenges
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Climate change is a complex and value-laden issue, polarized by debate, and the localized nature of its effects warrants greater community response and citizen participation. This research contributes to existing deliberative democracy theory and practice by exploring the nature of participant...