Although many local authorities underline the important role of citizens in climate adaptation, many experience difficulties with organizing citizen participation in a way that is meaningful to both citizens and policymakers. Climate change is for many simply not a top priority. Besides, the future is often rather abstract to people, citizens in particular. We argue that practical tools are needed to help citizens structure the process of thinking about and designing the future of their living environment under the impacts of climate change. The toolbox Towards a climate-resilient future together offers practical foresight methods and tools for organizing citizen participation in the process of building climate-resilient futures. It provides an overview of the state the art of and hands-on guidance for executing participatory foresight methods and showcases some of the lessons learned from several international research programs on citizen engagement. In doing so, the toolbox can assist practitioners, students and academics concerned with the question of how local communities in urban and rural areas could adapt to climate change impacts and become more resilient in the future. It is suitable for readers without any experience in citizen participation and/or foresight, while more experienced readers will find innovative combinations of methods and tools that are unique within the field of citizen participation and foresight..
Author(s): Mandy A. van den Ende, Arjan Wardekker, Dries L.T. Hegger, Heleen L.P. Mees, Joost M. Vervoort
Series: SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 78
City: Cham
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Participatory Foresight Toolbox
1.1 Why This Toolbox?
1.2 Who Can Use This Toolbox?
References
Chapter 2: Preparing Participatory Foresight Methods
2.1 Why Citizen Participation?
2.1.1 Participation Goal 1: Policy Development
2.1.1.1 The Degree of Citizen Participation
2.1.1.2 Feeding Citizen Knowledge in Policy
Communication
Translation
Mediation
2.1.2 Participation Goal 2: Community Building
2.1.3 Participation Goal 3: Knowledge and Capacity Building
2.2 Who to Involve?
2.2.1 Stakeholders and Participants
2.2.2 How to Motivate People to Participate?
2.3 Which Foresight Methods to Use?
2.3.1 Exploratory Scenarios
2.3.1.1 What Are Exploratory Scenarios?
2.3.1.2 Why Use Exploratory Scenarios?
2.3.2 Visions of a Desired Future
2.3.2.1 What Is Visioning?
2.3.2.2 Why Visioning?
2.3.3 Pathways to the Desired Future
2.3.3.1 What Are Pathways?
2.3.3.2 Why Backcasting?
2.3.3.3 Why Incremental Backcasting?
2.3.3.4 Why Seeds-Based Pathways?
2.3.4 Combinations of Methods in the Same Activity
Appendix A
Additional Information About Tools for Preparing Participatory Foresight Activities
Tool 2.1: Interviews
Tool 2.2: Surveys
Tool 2.3: Focus Groups
Tool 2.4: Data Analysis Programs
Tool 2.5: Guided Walks
Tool 2.6: Visual Maps
Tool 2.7: Future Experiences
References
Chapter 3: Performing Participatory Foresight Methods
3.1 Exploratory Scenarios
3.1.1 How to Use Exploratory Scenarios in a Participatory Activity?
3.2 Visioning
3.2.1 How to Use Visioning in a Participatory Activity?
3.2.2 Output Examples
3.3 Backcasting
3.3.1 How to Use Backcasting in a Participatory Activity?
3.3.2 Output Examples
3.4 Incremental Backcasting
3.4.1 How to Use Incremental Backcasting in a Participatory Activity?
3.4.2 Output Examples
3.5 Seeds-Based Pathways
3.5.1 How to Use Seeds-Based Pathways in a Participatory Activity?
3.5.2 Output Examples
Appendix A
Additional Information about Tools for Performing Participatory Foresight Activities
Tool 3.1: Visual Maps
Tool 3.2: Poker Design Cards
Tool 3.3: Dimension Cards
Tool 3.4: Predict Future Headlines
Tool 3.5: Creative Collage
Tool 3.6: Photovoice
Tool 3.7: Future Wheels
Tool 3.8: Three Horizons Framework
Appendix B: Example List of Climate Adaptation Measures in Urban Areas
References
Chapter 4: Reflection: Applying Participatory Foresight Methods in Practice
4.1 A Participatory Foresight Workshop in Dordrecht, the Netherlands (Urban Context)
4.1.1 Why Citizen Participation?
4.1.2 Who to Involve?
4.1.3 Which Foresight Methods to Use? And How to Use Foresight Methods?
4.1.3.1 Exploratory Scenarios
4.1.3.2 Visioning
4.1.3.3 Backcasting
4.1.3.4 Incremental Backcasting
4.2 A Participatory Foresight Workshop in Honduras (Rural Context)
4.2.1 Why Citizen Participation?
4.2.2 Who to Involve?
4.2.3 Which Foresight Methods to Use? And How to Use Foresight Methods?
4.2.3.1 National Exploratory Scenarios
4.2.3.2 Policy Analysis Based on Exploratory Scenarios
References
