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Values in Participatory Modeling: Theory and Practice

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In this chapter, we reflect on some of our experiences as modelers engaged in participatory modeling by outlining some of the lessons we have learned. Specifically, we outline best practices for modelers seeking to engage in the process, identify trade-offs in evaluating model results, and present a call for future research to explicitly incorporate values in the process.

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  1. University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Alexey Voinov

  2. Division of Water Quality, Utah Department of Environmental Quality, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Erica Brown Gaddis

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

    Steven Gray

  2. Department of Anthropology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

    Michael Paolisso

  3. Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

    Rebecca Jordan

  4. Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand

    Stefan Gray

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Voinov, A., Gaddis, E.B. (2017). Values in Participatory Modeling: Theory and Practice. In: Gray, S., Paolisso, M., Jordan, R., Gray, S. (eds) Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25053-3_3

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