Bringing people's perceptions to project management desktops

A quantified participatory assessment of the Doon Valley Watershed Project in North India

Bibliographic Data

ID21153687
AuthorsA J James (BML Munjal University), V K Pangtey (Uttaranchal University), Pratibha Singh (0000-0002-4246-9814, Uttaranchal University), K J Virgo (21c Consultancy (United Kingdom)), Keith Virgo
Year2002
Volume20
Issue3
Pages201-214
Publication date2002-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueImpact Assessment and Project Appraisal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1461-5517 • E-ISSN: 1471-5465
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.3152/147154602781766663
OpenAlexW2001046967
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

A fairly simple, rapid and cost-effective methodology is presented for collecting quantitative and qualitative information from community assessments, based on user perceptions. Particular strengths of the methodology are the ability to collect information in the absence of baseline estimates and to collect quantitative information even on qualitative issues. Quantitative participatory assessment (QPA) builds on the methodology for participatory assessment (MPA). This paper presents the results of using QPA in a socio-economic and environmental impact assessment of a participatory watershed management project. The results compared favourably with the findings of more conventional impact studies that were carried out subsequently

Business · Citizen journalism · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Geography · Impact assessment · Participatory evaluation · Participatory GIS · Perception · Political science · Quantitative assessment · Social science · Sociology · Watershed · Watershed Management · World Wide Web · Cambodian History and Society · Computer Science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Environmental Science · Psychology · Public Administration · Water resources management and optimization

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