VALUATION AS REVELATION AND RECONCILIATION

Valuation is portrayed here as a dynamic and interactive process, not a static notion linked to willingness to pay. Valuation through econom ic measures can be built upon by creating trusting and legitimising pr ocedures of stakeholder negotiation and mediation. This is a familiar practice in the US, but it is only beginning to be recognised as an en vironmental management tool in the UK. The introduction of strategic e nvironmental and landuse appraisal plans for shorelines, estuaries, ri ver catchments and rural landscapes, combined with the mobilisation of protest around landuse proposals that are not seemingly justified on the basis of 'need' (incinerators, landfills, quarries, reservoirs, ro ads) suggest that a more legitimate participatory form of democracy is required to reveal valuation through consensual negotiation.