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Table 21.1
A methodological comparison of participatory IA studies
Steps
COOL
(van de
Kerkhof et al.,
2002)
Sustainable
technology
development
(Weaver et al.,
2000)
SusHouse
(Young et al.,
2001; Green
and Vergragt,
2002; Quist,
2003)
GBFP-Strategies
(Tansey et al.,
2002)
1. Strategic
problem
context
- climate change
- 80 percent
reduction of
GHGs by 2050
- national scale
(Holland)
- sustainable
technology
adoption by
2030-50
- national scale
(Holland)
- sustainable
households by
2050
- household
scale (EU)
- sustainability
in 2040
- regional scale
(British
Columbian
watershed)
- value-based
choices
- future visions
created by
integrated
assessment
model
- iteration for
learning about
trade-offs
2. Value
articulation
and futures
defi nition
- two different
future images
(market
dynamics and
social
adaptability)
- future visions
based on
solutions to the
'factor 20'
challenge
- 'design-
orienting
scenarios'
- products,
services and
their impacts
and benefi ts
3. Trajectory
backcasting
- technology
adoption
pathways
- major obstacles
/ opportunities
and ways of
overcoming /
exploiting them
- technology
adoption
pathways with
co-evolutionary
cultural and
socio-economic
conditions
- descriptions at
time intervals
- social
innovation
pathways and
their
acceptability
to consumers
- economic and
environmental
impacts
- projected by
integrated
assessment
model
- described by a
range of
environmental,
economic, and
social
indicators
4. Identifi cation
of Interventions
- addressing
single most
signifi cant
challenge
- key actors
- research
programmes,
innovation
networks and
social alliances,
business
opportunities
- design
options for
products,
services,
systems and
social
arrangements
- policy
formulation
Other aspects
Participants in
backcasting
Government,
business, civil
society,
ENGOs
Government,
business,
research bodies,
public interest
groups
Non-
governmental
stakeholders
Government
Research duration
2 years
8 years
2.5 years
6 months
