Public Involvement; Conflict Management; and Dispute Resolution in Water Resources and Environmental Decision Making. Alternative Dispute Resolution Series

This paper first discusses reasons and goals for doing Public Involvement and Conflict Management in Water Resources and Environment Decision Making. It outlines six concepts 1 levels of conflict 2 designing values 3 visibly isolating extremes 4 negotiating an interest rather then position 5 achieving durable settlement and 6 choosing appropriate techniques. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of how the concepts and techniques have been applied in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.