Agriculture Reference
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2.3 METHODOLOGY
2.3.1 PARTICIPATORY PLANNING
Participatory planning is considered an important aspect for achieving
sustainable water services, e.g., [21-23]. In this project an innovative ap-
proach using scenario building methodology was applied. From the wide
range of available methods for scenario building, in this project we were
in particular interested in those which allow the users to participate in
shaping the development of their region. An example for such a method
is the Future Workshop (FW) method. This method allows participants to
become involved in creating their preferred future. A “classic” FW, ac-
cording to Jungk and Müller [24], consists of five phases:
1.
The preparation phase;
2.
The critique phase;
3.
The fantasy phase;
4.
The implementation phase;
5.
The follow-up phase.
In this study, the scenario workshops conducted under this study en-
compassed the fi rst three phases, but can be adapted to the local needs and
situation as follows:
1. Presentation of the overall study;
2. Presentation of urban problems in the case study area;
3. Presentation of trend analysis study;
4. Participants wrote what they like and what they do not like about
the current situation on cards;
5. Elaboration of vision “Xochimilco 2030” in three mixed working
groups;
6.
Presentation of visions.
