A Participatory Process to Develop a Landslide Warning System: Paradoxes of Responsibility Sharing in a Case Study in Upper Austria

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http://eprints.org/relation/isVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/79835 http://eprints.org/relation/isVolatileVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/79835 http://eprints.org/relation/issmallThumbnailVersionOf https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/document/79835 archive 5 disk0/00/01/49/40 2017-11-07 09:40:50 2021-08-27 17:29:36 2017-11-07 09:40:50 article show Preuner P. Scolobig A. 1919 Linnerooth-Bayer J. 1354 Ottowitz D. Hoyer S. Jochum B. A Participatory Process to Develop a Landslide Warning System: Paradoxes of Responsibility Sharing in a Case Study in Upper Austria pub prog_risk prog_rpv warning system; landslide risk; technical-policy option; responsibility sharing; public participation; stakeholder perspectives; warning communication and decision making During a participatory process in Gmunden, Austria, the organizational and responsibility-sharing arrangements for a landslide warning system proved to be contested issues. While questions on the warning system technology and the distribution of information, including the alarm for evacuation, could be resolved with the support of experts, controversies arose on the financial and legal responsibilities that ensure long-term and effective monitoring for the protection of the landslide-prone community. This paper examines how responsibilities can be shared among the residents, experts, and public authorities during the design and operation of landslide warning systems. In particular, we discuss the outcome and implications of three stakeholder workshops where participants deliberated on warning-system options that, in turn, were based on a discourse analysis of extensive stakeholder interviews. The results of the case study show that an end-user orientation requires the consideration of stakeholder worldviews, interests, and conflicts. Paradoxically, the public did not fully support their own involvement in the maintenance and control of the warning system, but the authorities promoted shared responsibility. Deliberative planning does not then necessarily lead to responsibility sharing, but it proved effective as a platform for information and for shared ownership in the warning system 2017-10-03 published MPDI 10.3390/resources6040054 2607 182 public Resources 6 4 54 TRUE 2079-9276 FALSE no info:eu-repo/semantics/article