De Castro Pardo, MónicaPérez Rodríguez, FernandoMartín Martín, José MaríaAzevedo, Joao2024-01-312024-01-312019De Castro-Pardo, Mónica, Fernando Pérez-Rodríguez, José Martín-Martín, y João Azevedo. «Planning for Democracy in Protected Rural Areas: Application of a Voting Method in a Spanish-Portuguese Reserve». Land 8, n.o 10 (1 de octubre de 2019): 145. https://doi.org/10.3390/land8100145.2073-445X10.3390/land8100145https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/96935The planning of protected rural areas is usually defined by institutional decision-makers without considering the preferences of the local communities that live on the land, which frequently leads to conflicts in land management. This paper proposes a voting method based on the Borda count to rank the management goals of a protected rural area. The method was applied in a Spanish-Portuguese reserve called Iberian Plateau with the aim of collecting the preferences of institutional decision-makers (government and scientists) and rural landowners (farmers and businesspersons). Regarding the conservation and development objectives, the results show differences in spatial planning when only the preferences of institutional decision-makers are taken into consideration, as opposed to when the preferences of landowners are included within the analysis.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal articlehttps://doi.org/10.3390/land8100145https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/8/10/145open accessProtected rural areaLand planningParticipatory techniquesVotingEconomía53 Ciencias Económicas