ABSTRACT
Given the extensive literature documenting problems related to economic valuation techniques such as the contingent valuation method (CVM), interest has developed in approaches which provide an alternative source of information on public value judgements for natural resource decision-making (Brown et al. 1995). In particular, some authors have suggested that deliberative methods might have a role to play as alternatives or complements to more traditional project appraisal techniques (Jacobs 1997; Sagoff 1998). A number of researchers have assessed the role of the Citizens’ Jury (CJ) as discussed in the preceding chapter (see also, Stewart et al. 1994; Aldred and Jacobs 1997; James and Blamey 1999). Here we take the CJ to consist of a small group of people, selected to represent the general public rather than any particular interest group or sector, who meet to deliberate upon a policy question.
