Community participation in strategic environmental assessment: an exploration of process and learning outcomes in Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorWalker, Heidi
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeSpaling, Harry (Natural Resources Institute) Noble, Bram (University of Saskatchewan)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorSinclair, John (Natural Resources Institute)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-10-30T17:41:15Z
dc.date.available2012-10-30T17:41:15Z
dc.date.issued2012-10-30
dc.degree.disciplineNatural Resources Managementen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Natural Resources Management (M.N.R.M.)en_US
dc.description.abstractMeaningful public engagement is a challenging, but promising, feature of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) in developing countries such as Kenya. This research examined completed Kenyan SEA and compared procedures to standard practice, with particular emphasis on public participation. Two selected SEA case studies explored the extent of participation, learning outcomes of participation, and whether the learning outcomes lead to social action for sustainability at the community level. Document reviews, participant observation, a focus group, and semi-structured interviews with environmental practitioners, government officials, and community members provided data for the thesis. The study revealed that public participation is variable amongst the completed SEAs and shows that the ideal conditions for learning in public participation were not completely fulfilled, resulting in a greater abundance of instrumental than communicative or transformative learning outcomes. Nonetheless, individual and social actions that contribute to sustainability have been taken based on the learning outcomes.en_US
dc.description.noteFebruary 2013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/9819
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectstrategic environmental assessmenten_US
dc.subjectpublic participationen_US
dc.subjecttransformative learningen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleCommunity participation in strategic environmental assessment: an exploration of process and learning outcomes in Kenyaen_US
dc.title.alternativeCommunity participation of strategic environmental assessment: an exploration of process and learning outcomes in Kenya
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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