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Abstract
Natural resource agencies make decisions involving public resources in which the public, by definition, have a stake. These resources are often finite. Thus, different viewpoints, interests, or beliefs may conflict when parties are perceived to be interdependent or one party is perceived to block or oppose other parties' use of a scarce resource. These confl icts may occur regard less of whether there are any real differences between the parties or whether one party's actions actually affect the other (Thomas 1992; Robbins 1994; Appelbaum et al. 1999). Conflicts are defined here as "a process of social interaction involving a struggle over claims to resources, power and status, beliefs, and other preferences and desires" (Appelbaum et al. 1999, 63). Such conflicts can occur at multiple stages or levels of decisionmaking and can be embedded within other conflicts.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Federal Government Series |
| Title | Resolving disputes over science in natural resource agency decisionmaking |
| Series title | Technical Memorandum |
| Series number | 86-68211-10-01 |
| Year Published | 2010 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Bureau of Reclamation |
| Publisher location | Denver, CO |
| Contributing office(s) | Fort Collins Science Center |
| Description | vi, 58 p. |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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