From the reviews: "This edited collection is an inquiry into the impact of public participation on the quality of environmental decision making. ... for the policy scientist interested in delving into decision processes, Coenen and collaborators provide a worthwhile contribution that introduces the reader to many of the benefits and challenges of participatory decision making and provides plenty of examples from a wide array of decision-making arenas and methods. Overall, Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions contributes nicely to the growing body of empirical evidence about participatory processes." (Cedar Morton, Policy Sciences, Vol. 44, 2011)

• Citizens' Voices in Environmental Policy.- The Use of Focus Groups in Assessing Ethnic and Racial Group Concerns About Nuclear Waste Cleanup.- Planning Cells and Citizen Juries in Environmental Policy: Deliberation and Its Limits.- The Power of Visioning: The Contribution of Future Search Conferences to Decision-Making in Local Agenda 21 Processes.- Participatory Decision-Making for Sustainable Consumption.- Hazardous Waste Anyone?.- Fora, Networks and Public Examinations.- Concepts of Participatory Decision-Making in Dutch Infrastructure Planning.- Local Agenda 21: ‘Meaningful and Effective ’ Participation?.- Conclusions.

From the reviews: "This edited collection is an inquiry into the impact of public participation on the quality of environmental decision making. ... for the policy scientist interested in delving into decision processes, Coenen and collaborators provide a worthwhile contribution that introduces the reader to many of the benefits and challenges of participatory decision making and provides plenty of examples from a wide array of decision-making arenas and methods. Overall, Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions contributes nicely to the growing body of empirical evidence about participatory processes." (Cedar Morton, Policy Sciences, Vol. 44, 2011)

• Citizens' Voices in Environmental Policy.- The Use of Focus Groups in Assessing Ethnic and Racial Group Concerns About Nuclear Waste Cleanup.- Planning Cells and Citizen Juries in Environmental Policy: Deliberation and Its Limits.- The Power of Visioning: The Contribution of Future Search Conferences to Decision-Making in Local Agenda 21 Processes.- Participatory Decision-Making for Sustainable Consumption.- Hazardous Waste Anyone?.- Fora, Networks and Public Examinations.- Concepts of Participatory Decision-Making in Dutch Infrastructure Planning.- Local Agenda 21: ‘Meaningful and Effective ’ Participation?.- Conclusions.

From the reviews: "This edited collection is an inquiry into the impact of public participation on the quality of environmental decision making. ... for the policy scientist interested in delving into decision processes, Coenen and collaborators provide a worthwhile contribution that introduces the reader to many of the benefits and challenges of participatory decision making and provides plenty of examples from a wide array of decision-making arenas and methods. Overall, Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions contributes nicely to the growing body of empirical evidence about participatory processes." (Cedar Morton, Policy Sciences, Vol. 44, 2011)

• Citizens' Voices in Environmental Policy.- The Use of Focus Groups in Assessing Ethnic and Racial Group Concerns About Nuclear Waste Cleanup.- Planning Cells and Citizen Juries in Environmental Policy: Deliberation and Its Limits.- The Power of Visioning: The Contribution of Future Search Conferences to Decision-Making in Local Agenda 21 Processes.- Participatory Decision-Making for Sustainable Consumption.- Hazardous Waste Anyone?.- Fora, Networks and Public Examinations.- Concepts of Participatory Decision-Making in Dutch Infrastructure Planning.- Local Agenda 21: ‘Meaningful and Effective ’ Participation?.- Conclusions.