BUILDING TRUST IN SHORELINE MANAGEMENT - CREATING PARTICIPATORY CONSULTATION IN SHORELINE MANAGEMENT PLANS

This article canvasses the arguments in favour of a more active and co nciliatory approach to consultation than is generally the case for res ource allocation and environmental decision-making in the UK, It looks at the experience of consultation in shoreline management and flood d efence decision-making in East Anglia, England, It concludes that ther e are many different ways of conducting and justifying mediation, but that there are strong social, political and economic arguments for wid ening the consultative arrangements and ensuring a more face to face p articipatory role for representative interests. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scie nce Ltd.