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solutions needs to be pursued. At the very beginning of such a planning
process a clear vision of the local stakeholders is necessary establishing
what the existing problems are and how they could be solved. A partici-
patory planning process linked to the identification of development sce-
narios (using Future Workshops) as tested in this study can help to develop
technical concept scenarios that show all options for problem solving. As
a next step, these options need to be carefully assessed not only from an
environmental, but also from an economic and social, perspective.
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