Challenges in Public Participation and Collaboration: A Case Study in Finnish Environmental Decision-making

Annamaija Paunu, Jenni Pansio, Nina Helander, Jonna Käpylä

2020

Abstract

This position paper introduces ongoing research efforts that addresses the ability of different kinds of organizations and multiple individuals to cope together with complex environmental planning and policymaking problems in the Finnish context. The research question “What kind of challenges are there in the collaborative processes of environmental decision-making and how can they be tackled?” is approached from the perspectives of the framework of public participation process and the theory of collaborative governance. We use these theories as analytical tools to evaluate how the elements and phases of collaboration processes are conducted in practice and to identify problems that exist in the collaborative processes. This phenomenon is studied through a single case study of environmental planning case from a medium-sized city located in Finland.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Paunu A., Pansio J., Helander N. and Käpylä J. (2020). Challenges in Public Participation and Collaboration: A Case Study in Finnish Environmental Decision-making. In Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2020) - Volume 3: KMIS; ISBN 978-989-758-474-9, SciTePress, pages 172-179. DOI: 10.5220/0010128301720179

in Bibtex Style

@conference{kmis20,
author={Annamaija Paunu and Jenni Pansio and Nina Helander and Jonna Käpylä},
title={Challenges in Public Participation and Collaboration: A Case Study in Finnish Environmental Decision-making},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2020) - Volume 3: KMIS},
year={2020},
pages={172-179},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010128301720179},
isbn={978-989-758-474-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (IC3K 2020) - Volume 3: KMIS
TI - Challenges in Public Participation and Collaboration: A Case Study in Finnish Environmental Decision-making
SN - 978-989-758-474-9
AU - Paunu A.
AU - Pansio J.
AU - Helander N.
AU - Käpylä J.
PY - 2020
SP - 172
EP - 179
DO - 10.5220/0010128301720179
PB - SciTePress