کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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480322 | 1446070 | 2012 | 11 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
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The Drivers, Pressures, State, Impact and Response or DPSIR framework has been with us for over a decade now and it is widely used as a means to assess and measure and, eventually provide a guide to managing the environment. With its repertoire of diagnostic and analytical components the DPSIR can be argued to be a Problem Structuring Method or PSM. Criticisms of the framework abound but it has a resilience which is noteworthy. Some argue that DPSIR, by its nature, is a narrowly formulated, engineering device, incompatible with the multiple perspectives which human interaction in global ecology requires. Is there a value in DPSIR being more flexible in expression and experience of users? In this article it is shown how the DPSIR framework was applied within a multi-methodology approach called Imagine in a number of coastal management projects around the Mediterranean and in other contexts. The article argues that DPSIR, whilst admittedly limited in its scope and approach can, if applied in a participatory and systemic multi-methodology, combine with other tools and help to create outcomes of value to local populations.
► DPSIR make an interesting contribution to participatory processes in terms of developing indicators.
► Sustainability indicators can be assisted by the use of DPSIR.
► Participatory methods can be multi methodologies.
► Multi methodologies can be used in a ‘bottom up’ process.
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research - Volume 222, Issue 2, 16 October 2012, Pages 350–360