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Chapter 12
Participatory Approaches

Olivier Barreteau, Pieter Bots, Katherine Daniell, Michel Etienne,
Pascal Perez, Cécile Barnaud, Didier Bazile, Nicolas Becu,
Jean-Christophe Castella, William’s Daré, and Guy Trebuil

Abstract This chapter aims to describe the diversity of participatory approaches
in relation to social simulations, with a focus on the interactions between the tools
and participants. We consider potential interactions at all stages of the modelling
process: conceptual design, implementation, use and simulation outcome analysis.
After reviewing and classifying existing approaches and techniques, we describe
two case studies with a focus on the integration of various techniques. The first
case study deals with fire hazard prevention in Southern France, and the second one
with groundwater management on the atoll of Kiribati. The chapter concludes with
a discussion of the advantages and limitations of participatory approaches.

O. Barreteau ( )
IRSTEA, UMR G-EAU, Montpellier, France
e-mail: olivier.barreteau@irstea.fr
P. Bots
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology,
Delft, The Netherlands
K. Daniell
Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
M. Etienne
Ecodevelopment Unit, National Institute for Agronomic Research, Avignon, France
P. Perez
SMART, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
C. Barnaud
Dynafor, Centre INRA de Toulouse, Castanet Tolosan, France
D. Bazile • W. Daré • G. Trebuil
Cirad GREEN, TA C-47/F. Campus international de Baillarguet, Montpellier, France
N. Becu
CNRS, Laboratoire de geographie PRODIG 2, Paris, France
J.-C. Castella
IRD (Institute of Research for Development) and CIRAD (UR ÄDA), Vientiane, Laos

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