Working Toward a Real Watershed Approach in Rhode Island

This website is currently in draft form and under development. (as of May 10, 2001)

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Analyses: By Agency and organization

Do employees of agencies, universities, and community organizations carry a different perspective than the lay-citizen? Since oftentimes it is personnel of government offices and organizations that make most of the decisions and since these entities often claim to speak for the general public, it is important to determine whether the interests of the organization are aligned with and in touch with the interests of their constituents.

The basic similarities in these findings suggest that the agencies and community organizations have priorities in line with the public and with each others. If this is the case, it would seem that the Approach's goal of integrating different stakeholder interests is not highly applicable since the stakeholder interests are not very different to begin with.

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1. Top 5 are the same for agency and non-agency, members and non-members, and aggregate findings
2. Public Health ranks higher for non-agency and community organization respondents
3. Transportation prioritized higher by agency
4. Growth Planning and Historic Preservation prioritized higher by non-members

(N=60)

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