RURAL LANDSCAPE DESIGN:

THINK LOCAL, INVOLVE LOCALS

Fanny Boeraeve & Prof. Marc Dufrêne

Nathalie Pipart & Prof. Nicolas Dendoncker

DELPHI METHOD

FOCUS GROUP

1 Introduce topic and objectives to participants

2 Spontaneous ES list

3 Present ES

4 Ranking of ES

5 Presentation of results + discussion

6 Ranking II

TWO APPLICATION EXAMPLES

CASE 1 CASE 2

Context of the project

Scientific research on the contribution of agro-ecological farms to the delivery of ES

Development of a local rural development scheme

Scope of the project

Scientific research Policy-decision support project

Aim of the participatory exercice

Guide the research towards ES which are relavant to the local area and to the local actors

Provide a rural development scheme in accordance with local values and needs

Session S2a Session T9

GLIMPSE ON SOME OUTCOMES –

CASE 1

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GLIMPSE ON SOME OUTCOMES –

CASE 1

GLIMPSE ON SOME OUTCOMES –

CASE 2

1 Introduce topic and objectives to participants

2 Spontaneous ES list

3 Present ES

4 Ranking of ES

5 Presentation of results + discussion

6 Ranking II

1 Introduce topic and objectives to participants

2 Spontaneous ES list

3 Present ES

4 Ranking of ES

5 Presentation of results + discussion

6 ES selection by consent

I’m not against

DECISION MAKING BY CONSENT

I think this way

Me that way

This way

That way

What about…

This?

Sounds like a good plan

Why not

We have a

consent!

REFLEXIVE THOUGHTS

Frustrations due to overlapping ES

Usefullness of ES bundles?

But flood protection and erosion…it’s very much linked

REFLEXIVE THOUGHTS

Yes, it’s linked to soil quality as well!

REFLEXIVE THOUGHTS

Frustrations due to difficulty of the task to assign a ranking

Prefer free scoring?

REFLEXIVE THOUGHTS

• Time constraints, stakeholders expectations, biaised reprensativity

Tradeoff between action-oriented research and «standard» scientific approaches

THANK YOU