Journal
SOCIETY & NATURAL RESOURCES
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 106-120Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2017.1382627
Keywords
Cross-cultural research; environmental history; participation; relational thinking; river restoration; stakeholder relationships
Funding
- Australian Research Council [LP130100120]
- Macquarie University
- Australian Research Council [LP130100120] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Sustainable river management requires strong participation from technical and nontechnical experts. However, in many cases, the nontechnical element is lacking. This paper explores possibilities for participation that can emerge from a reorientation toward dialog. This reorientation is supported by a sociogeomorphological approach, which encourages recognition of the physical and social coproduction of a fluvial landscape, including a history of colonization and landscape degradation. Recognition of this sociogeomorphic context invited dialog with stakeholders involved in river management, which revealed opportunities for improving relationships in river management. The paper argues that dialog supports building interpersonal relationships as a basis for river management, where relationships could replace stakes as a structure for participation. Following reorientation, relationship development and maintenance, through dialog, emerges as a key activity of environmental management. Because dialog happens at the interpersonal scale, a relational approach has potential implications for researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders in many fields of environmental management.
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