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Seth Tuler
Researcher at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Publications - 59
Citations - 2838
Seth Tuler is an academic researcher from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public participation & Risk management. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 54 publications receiving 2645 citations. Previous affiliations of Seth Tuler include Northampton Community College & Clark University.
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What Is a Good Public Participation Process? Five Perspectives from the Public
TL;DR: A study is reported on that identifies discourses about what defines a good process in a forest planning process in northern New England and New York, using Q methodology to learn how participants characterize aGood process differently, by selecting, defining, and privileging different principles.
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Social Distrust as a Factor in Siting Hazardous Facilities and Communicating Risks
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a multidimensional notion of trust, including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects, involving themes of expectations about others, subjective perceptions of situations, and awareness of taking risks.
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Fairness and Competence in Citizen Participation: Theoretical Reflections from a Case Study
Thomas Webler,Seth Tuler +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a theory of public participation based on Habermas's work is proposed for administrative bodies, which may prove useful to the creation of administrative bodies and their management.
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Four Perspectives on Public Participation Process in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making: Combined Results from 10 Case Studies
Thomas Webler,Seth Tuler +1 more
TL;DR: The authors investigated the nature of diversity among participants' perceptions of what is the most appropriate public participation process for environmental assessment and decision-making in 10 different cases and found that there are clearly distinct perspectives on what an appropriate public-participation process should be.
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Voices from the Forest: What Participants Expect of a Public Participation Process
Seth Tuler,Thomas Webler +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used an approach based on the qualitative method of grounded theory to inductively identify principles for good public participation in environmental decision-making, including access to the process, power to influence process and outcomes, access to information, structural characteristics to promote constructive interactions, facilitation of constructive personal behaviors, adequate analysis, and enabling of future processes.