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Participatory development for regional sustainability in Western Australia: an enabling state?
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Participatory development for regional sustainability in Western Australia: an enabling state?

N. McGrath, R. Armstrong and D. Marinova
Local Environment, Vol.9(6), pp.561-574
2004
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1354983042000288067
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Abstract

Regionally specific sustainability processes that account for diverse environments and populations and that integrate social, economic, political and ecological spheres are being developed in Western Australia. A coordinated commitment to sustainability principles and a participatory philosophy by the state and local governments is necessary. This requires a transformation of the public service, from a director of passive programmes and laws to a facilitator of community projects and outcomes, towards an enabling state. An international participatory paradigm provides an array of concepts and methods for local and regional communities in partnership with government and industry to achieve this. Participatory methodologies are utilised successfully around the globe to create an institutional framework that facilitates a process of dialogue, partnership, networking, learning and managing change. This paper examines the potential contribution of a participatory approach to improve the participatory capacity of regional communities and both local and state governments towards the facilitation of regional sustainability processes.

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