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Table 1 Overview of methods and tools to support stakeholder engagement
Method | Description | Phase of the participation process |
|---|---|---|
Focus Groups/Mega Focus Groups | Meetings made up of a selected group of people (bigger in Mega Focus Groups) involved in a discussion focused on a determined subject | Consultation |
Multi Actor MCDM methods | Comparative assessment of alternatives evaluating their contributions to different evaluation criteria and stakeholders | Consultation/Participation |
PPGIS | Use of Geographic Information Systems to promote knowledge production by stakeholders | Consultation/Participation |
SNA | Analysis of the relationships and the social importance of nodes (e.g. stakeholders) linked in social networks | Stakeholder analysis |
DCM | Econometric models aimed at analysing the behaviour of a decision-maker when choosing among different (discrete) alternatives | Stakeholder analysis/forecast |
ABM | Models that reproduce communities of autonomous and intelligent agents, acting and interacting with the environment and the other agents according to their interests | Stakeholder analysis/forecast |