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| Author: | Vainikainen, N. Kangas, A. Kangas, J. |
| Title: | Empirical study on voting power in participatory forest planning |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2008 : JUL, VOL. 88:1, p. 173-180 |
| Index terms: | voting power preferences forestry industry planning case studies Finland decision support systems |
| Freeterms: | rules measures Borda count Lapland stakeholders participatory |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article examines the use of social choice theory in revealing stakeholdersÂ’ preferences in participatory forest planning, and the influence of different voters on the outcome. The positional voting rules examined were approval voting and Borda count, but both rules were slightly modified for the purposes of this study and the third rule examined, cumulative rule, resembles utilitarian voting rules. In the article, the voting rules were tested in a real participatory forest planning situation in eastern Lapland, Finland. All voting rules resulted in a different joint order of importance of the criteria. Yet, the preference orders produced had also a lot in common and the criteria could be divided into three quite distinct groups according to their importance. The influence of individual voters varied between the voting rules, and in each case different voter was the most influential. |
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