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Contributions of citizen science to landscape democracy: potentials and challenges of current approaches

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  • Brian J. Shaw
  • Hélène Draux
  • María García Martín
  • John Martin
  • Claudia Bieling

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For landscape research to function in a democratic landscape governance, it must achieve two things. One, it must integrate stakeholder perspectives at multiple steps of the research process, and two, it must effectively communicate its knowledge and insights. Citizen science can be described as the involvement of the public in the scientific process, through a range of different approaches. We ask what such approaches can bring the landscape research and its stakeholders closer together. We survey the field of citizen science and present a number of typologies of approaches. Next, we introduce three applications of citizen science in the landscape context and examine them under the lens of the typologies. We find that each case employs citizen science to include stakeholders in different ways, but each of them limited to just one stage of the research process. Finally, we suggest ways forward for landscape research to achieve an integrative relationship between researchers and stakeholders.

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  • Brian J. Shaw & Hélène Draux & María García Martín & John Martin & Claudia Bieling, 2017. "Contributions of citizen science to landscape democracy: potentials and challenges of current approaches," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(8), pages 831-844, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:42:y:2017:i:8:p:831-844
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2017.1385750
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    1. John Martin & Dominica Williamson & Klara Łucznik & John Adam Guy, 2021. "Development of the My Cult-Rural Toolkit," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-15, June.
    2. Xiaoxu Liang & Yanjun Lu & John Martin, 2021. "A Review of the Role of Social Media for the Cultural Heritage Sustainability," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-17, January.

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