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It is readily accepted that understanding socio-environmental challenges requires consideration of multiple stakeholder perspectives and knowledge claims. But a largely ignored question is 'how best to analyse those competing perspectives and claims?'. This paper explores the development of one GIS-based methodology - and reports on its application - to understand and map stakeholder knowledge. We find that combining Q-methodology with participatory mapping helps to overcome a significant problem in social engagement: representing the unclear connection between what people say or do and their underlying attitudes, values or beliefs. The paper is based on a reflexive engagement with flood management and natural adaptive capacity in the Scottish-English Borderlands. The paper confirms how such topics can benefit from an appreciation of the wide range of stakeholders' positions, as well as the underlying beliefs informing those positions. Most importantly, we provide an account of our methodology, offering a template for others interested in unpacking complex socio-environmental issues. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Forrester J, Cook B, Bracken L, Cinderby S, Donaldson A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Applied Geography
Year: 2015
Volume: 56
Pages: 199-208
Print publication date: 01/01/2015
Online publication date: 23/12/2014
ISSN (print): 0143-6228
ISSN (electronic): 1873-7730
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.019
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2014.11.019
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