PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH APPLIED IN GEOGRAPHY. THE RESULTS OF TWO FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS IN THE JIU VALLEY
Journal Title: The Annals of Valahia University of Târgoviste, Geographical Series - Year 2005, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The participatory approach has become an important tool to increase the applicability of the research studies and to improve the communication between scientist, local people and decision-makers. In the research project Human vulnerability to environmental change in the mining communities of Romanian Carpathians. Case study: the Jiu Valley the participatory approach was used as a tool to learn together with local people and to discover together the desirable development pathways for their communities. Through interviews and focus group discussions there were collected data about people’s perception on vulnerability causes, the main environmental and socio-economic threats on their livelihoods, the features of social capital and development options. The primary data obtained from the focus-group discussions provided a more complete image of the local vulnerability context and helped us to validate or reconsider our research hypotheses. This proves the applicability of participatory research, less used in the geographical studies.
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Andra COSTACHE, Anamaria HODOROGIA
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