Open AccessA Decision Support Tool for Stakeholder Involvement in Sustainable Water Resource Development
Author(s) -
Bhadranie Thoradeniya,
Malik Ranasinghe,
Nts Wijesekera
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
engineer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-3219
pISSN - 1800-1122
DOI - 10.4038/engineer.v45i4.6925
Subject(s) - section (typography) , institution , stakeholder , sri lanka , checklist , resource (disambiguation) , stakeholder engagement , library science , environmental resource management , political science , geography , environmental planning , computer science , sociology , public relations , social science , geology , environmental science , paleontology , computer network , tanzania , operating system
This paper describes the application of a decision support tool for stakeholder involvement in a proposed water resource development project in the Ma Oya river basin in Sri Lanka. The decision support tool is a five-step framework developed based on ‘Educated Trade-offs.’ The tool assesses the natural resource uses; identifies the present and future probable issues with regard to resource uses, elicit stakeholder views and then estimate the social and environmental impacts of a proposed development project. The results obtained through the application of the framework are direct inputs for stakeholder education for informed decision-making by the takeholders. This paper highlights the stakeholder education achieved in the proposed project area and the down stream areas. The study validated the ‘Educated Trade-offs’ framework which is the decision-support tool and demonstrated its effectiveness