Research Article
Stakeholder e-Participation in Local Planning: The Camargue Park Case
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-11631-5_12, author={Nicolas Desquinabo and Nils Ferrand and Julie Marlier}, title={Stakeholder e-Participation in Local Planning: The Camargue Park Case}, proceedings={Next Generation Society. Technological and Legal Issues. Third International Conference, e-Democracy 2009, Athens, Greece, September 23-25, 2009, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={E-DEMOCRACY}, year={2012}, month={5}, keywords={e-participation e-deliberation stakeholder local government planning influence on decision speech equality inclusion}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-11631-5_12} }- Nicolas Desquinabo
Nils Ferrand
Julie Marlier
Year: 2012
Stakeholder e-Participation in Local Planning: The Camargue Park Case
E-DEMOCRACY
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-11631-5_12
Abstract
The goal of this study is to evaluate several features and outcomes of the e-consultation organized by the Camargue Natural Park on its management plan. To estimate the benefits of the selected Internet devices, we have compared our assessment of this e-consultation with other face-to-face participative events organized on the same management plan. Following “computer-mediated communication” and deliberative theories, we expected that the tested e-tools would increase the deliberative features of the stakeholder participation. Several economic and organisational benefits were also expected. Our first results confirm the organisational benefits of this e-consultation (information gain, cost of the process, etc.). Several “deliberative” benefits have also been observed (more opinion and thematic diversity without an increase of “flames”). Nevertheless, speech is apparently more concentrated than in face-to-face events, even if many “non-posters” visited the consultation site but did not post because they had “all their comments already included”.