Managing conflicting attitudes : national parks in Iceland and Japan
Part of : Tourismos : an international multidiciplinary journal of tourism ; Vol.8, No.2, 2013, pages 21-38
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Research papers
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For many protected areas, the inclusion of interested parties in decision-makingprocesses has become both more important and common. The range of interestscan lead to a variety of conflicts. Given the diversity of stakeholders, effectiveconflict management requires an integrated communicative approach thataddresses this range interests. Yet the question remains: Are techniques developedfor a specific case, and in one particular culture, applicable to other cases? Toexplore this question we compared the attitudes of stakeholders in VatnajökullNational Park in Iceland and Daisetsuzan National Park in Japan regardingconflict, communication and consensus. Despite the cultural and geographicaldistance between the two cases, the results show an 84% concurrence instakeholder views, leading the authors to conclude that, despite minor differences,conflict management techniques can be applied across cultural borders providedthat managers are sensitive to local understandings of how people relate to theirsocial and natural environments.
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conflict management, protected area, stakeholder, Iceland, Japan
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