THE CONSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE - A CASE-STUDY OF PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION INLAND MANAGEMENT

Productive, just management approaches are more likely to be developed on the basis of an understanding of how people make judgments of just ice. We propose that acceptable (just) land-use management plans are c ompatible with salient values. Values are created and come to be salie nt through the process of social construction. Public participation, a s a form of social discourse, can be an important element in the socia l construction process. To realize this potential, changes in the natu re of public participation are required. It is argued that public part icipation (and other practices) that create new, common values that ca n be used to develop just land-use management practices should be enco uraged. A case study of experiences with a county critical areas ordin ance is discussed.