Review of policy evaluation in natural resources

Wallace, Mary G.; Cortner, Hanna J.; Burke, Sabrina

doi:10.1080/08941929509380898

Cited by 11 publications

(8 citation statements)

References 33 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…As Santos and Chess (2003) note, systematic evaluation of environmental public participation programs by federal agencies is rare. In a review of natural resource policy evaluation programs, Wallace et al (1995) found that few federal agencies undertake routine evaluations of their policies (much less the programs designed to implement those policies). The evaluations agencies do conduct typically occur before policy implementation rather than afterwards, as the latter require more time and personnel.…”

Section: Citizen Satisfaction With Epa's Response To Community Inputmentioning

confidence: 98%

Evaluating public participation in environmental decision-making: EPA's superfund community involvement program

Charnley

Engelbert

2005

Journal of Environmental Management

105

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Citizen Satisfaction With Epa's Response To Community Inputmentioning

confidence: 98%

Evaluating public participation in environmental decision-making: EPA's superfund community involvement program

Charnley

Engelbert

2005

Journal of Environmental Management

105

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Evaluation is fundamental to identifying change, supporting an adaptive approach that is flexible enough to meet the challenge of change, and enabling progressive learning at individual, community, institutional and policy levels. However, evaluation in natural resource management policy has been neglected and a substantial gap is emerging between theory and practice (Wallace et al, 1995;Curtis et al, 1998;Bellamy et al, 1999a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 97%

A systems approach to the evaluation of natural resource management initiatives

Bellamy

Walker

McDonald

et al. 2001

Journal of Environmental Management

141

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…What constitutes success varies according to perspective and establishing causality of specific policy is problematic, in particular as cause and effect can be separated by significant time lags (Clayton, Dovers & Harris 2011). In addition, policy goals and objectives often are defined vaguely, which makes the impacts or consequences of such policy difficult to establish as its intended effect is unclear (Bellamy et al 2001;Wallace, Cortner & Burke 1995). Evaluation is often further hindered by a lack of baseline and ongoing monitoring data, with the task often overtaken by a focus on what to measure, how best to measure and an emphasis on biological indicators to the exclusion of other contextual factors (Margoluis et al 2009).…”

Section: Policy Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Outcome-orientated and summative approaches are well-recognised and established approximations for assessing environmental policies and governance processes (Rauschmayer et al 2009;Wallace, Cortner & Burke 1995). The 'outcome' of a process can be analysed in terms of its direct 'output' (e.g.…”

Section: Policy Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Integrating coastal ecosystem values in decision making and policy – a case study of the south-east Queensland region

Simpson¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Coastal areas are important as regions where human populations are concentrated and as places that support highly productive ecosystems which provide many natural resources fundamental to human societies. Increasing pressure on coastal systems from population growth and development-related activities is causing ecosystem loss and degradation.Further, a diversity of people, perspectives and interests concentrated in coastal areas creates This research applies a case study approach to the region of south-east Queensland, Australia.The case offers significant insight as the (sub-national) region is an important scale of governance for public policy and because the complex administrative arrangements and rapid growth of south-east Queensland provide a policy-rich situation for analysis. A total of 69 interviews were conducted in investigation across the three research questions. First, Qmethodology was used to systematically study stakeholder perspectives (n=43) of coastal ecosystem values using mangroves as a case study setting. The mediation of decisions that support either the conservation or development of mangrove areas provides a tangible proxy for broader decisions regarding the coast. Second, a descriptive-normative analysis of institutions was applied using data elicited from review of policy documents and interview of experts (n=6) to distinguish the governance sub-domains throughout the region that influence coastal decisions. The third and final study phase used policy documents and interviews of policy actors (n=20) related to retrospective decision cases from each governance sub-domain to identify decision attributes that influenced integration or exclusion of different coastal ecosystem values.The first research component revealed four core reasons why coastal ecosystems are valued throughout the region: as green infrastructure; for recreational opportunity and well-being; to sustain regional industries and communities; and for coastal living. These different perspectives potentially influence coastal management depending on which ecosystem services are prioritised in the decision structure. Decisions in favour of 'provisioning' A number of significant implications arise from these research findings. First, the competitive and constrained nature of coastal areas within the region promotes the economic value of coastal land that can potentially privilege policies for development over those that provide broad indirect public benefit. Local governments are likely to play a major role and have conflicting interests in these decisions. A second key implication is that institutions to support regional governance arrangements for sustainable coastal management are underutilised (e.g. regional networks, regional environmental reporting and regional level planning processes) and those of individual governance sub-domains often compete or conflict (e.g. practices that undermine official goals and formal regulations). The final implication is that a shared basis to direct future governing for sustainable...

show abstract

Review of policy evaluation in natural resources

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Evaluating public participation in environmental decision-making: EPA's superfund community involvement program

Evaluating public participation in environmental decision-making: EPA's superfund community involvement program

A systems approach to the evaluation of natural resource management initiatives

Integrating coastal ecosystem values in decision making and policy – a case study of the south-east Queensland region

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About