Command-and-control regulation by single-function federal and state agencies has many limitations. In response, community-based environmental planning involving direct negotiations among governmental and private parties has become an increasingly popular strategy for resolving local environmental conflicts. This project seeks to ascertain: 1) whether consensus-based negotiations are more successful than conventional methods in designing and implementing specific management projects. 2) the relative ability of three theoretical frameworks-Elinor Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development Framework, the Advocacy Coalition Framework of Paul Sabatier and Hank Jenkins-Smith, and Robert Putnam's Social Capital Framework-in explaining the ability of watershed negotiations to reach and implement legally-binding agreements. The data base will involve personal interviews and surveys of participants in 60 watershed negotiations in California.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9815471
Program Officer
Hal R. Arkes
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1998-09-15
Budget End
1999-08-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
$150,683
Indirect Cost
Name
University of California Davis
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Davis
State
CA
Country
United States
Zip Code
95618