Where Does Risk Communication Fit in Public Participation?
In November 2007 I had a chance to run a two-day risk communication seminar at a Scottsdale (Arizona) meeting of the International Association for Public Participation. I have been a member of IAP2 for many years, since back when it was IAP3 (International Association of Public Participation Practitioners). I even gave a seminar for the group once before, in 2000. But I’ve never been a very active member, and until I started preparing for Scottsdale I never thought very deeply about the relationship between risk communication and public participation (PP). I tried my new thinking out on the group in Scottsdale – which included three IAP2 Board members – and the resulting discussion made me do some rethinking. But my ideas on this issue are still very preliminary. I’m trying out the current version in this column.
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