Integrating technical analysis with deliberation in regional watershed management planning: Applying the National Research Council approach

This paper suggests that applications of watershed management planning woul d benefit from a theoretical consideration of the policymaking process. A c onceptual schema from the field of risk analysis proposes that policymaking be conceived of as a combination of two types of activities: analysis and deliberation. We argue that these concepts are relevant to watershed manage ment planning and we illustrate how a process successfully might integrate both kinds of activities into an iterative, participatory process that is i nformed competently with relevant knowledge and that promotes learning.