Introduction
Emeline Hassenforder and Nils Ferrand

Chapter 1. Participatory approaches to developing sustainable futures: A global perspective
Katherine Anne Daniell
Chapter 2. The CoOPLAGE approach: When actors model their situation, principles or plans together for sustainable, empowering decision-making and change
Nils Ferrand, Emeline Hassenforder and Wanda Aquae-Gaudi
Chapter 3. The context of citizen participation in water management in France
Audrey Massot, Anne Pressurot and Marie Trouillet; interviews conducted by Emeline Hassenforder

Part 1. The Foundations of Public Participation for Socio-Ecological Sustainability
Chapter 4. Developing a culture of participation: Progress and considerations in France
Joana Janiw; Interview conducted by Emeline Hassenforder
Chapter 5. Territorial facilitator, a profession to be developed and defended: A Tunisian experience
Houssem Braïki, Guillaume Lestrelin, Sylvie Morardet, Soumaya Younsi, Emeline Hassenforder, Amar Imache, Audrey Barbe, Anissa Ben Hassine, Fethi Hadaji and Mohamed Chamseddine Harrabi
Chapter 6. Participation and the construction of social acceptability: Fantasy or reality?
Benjamin Noury and Laura Seguin
Chapter 7. Supporting participatory processes in territorial governance: The researcher’s “risky” stance
Caroline Lejars, Veronica Mitroi, Guillaume Lestrelin, Julien Burte, Isabelle Tritsch and Nils Ferrand
Chapter 8. Supporting participatory policy making with an integrated digital platform: The e-CoOPILOT approach
Nils Ferrand and Samuel Tronçon

Part 2. Engineering and Evaluating Participatory Decision Processes
Chapter 9. Engineering participation: Preparing and designing a participatory process
Nils Ferrand, Emeline Hassenforder and Sabine Girard
Chapter 10. Evaluating a participatory process
Emeline Hassenforder and Nils Ferrand
Insert 1. “Participation compass”, a web application to organise and track participatory processes
Anne Hilleret and Karine Lancement
Chapter 11. Participating is also learning!
Laura Seguin, Patrice Garin, Sabine Girard, Sarah Loudin and Emeline Hassenforder

Part 3. Participatory Modelling to Support Decision and Change
Chapter 12. Designing and using role-playing games for water and land management
Géraldine Abrami and Nicolas Becu
Insert 2. LittoWAG: a companion game for coastal risk adaptation
Julie Latune, Mariana Rios, Eva Perrier, Geraldine Abrami and Nils Ferrand
Chapter 13. “L’Eau en Têt”: An educational role-playing kit to educate people on participation
Patrice Robin, Fabrice Carol, Floriane Le Moing, Géraldine Abrami, Nils Ferrand and Dominique Dalbin
Chapter 14. Integrating expert technical knowledge in a sanitation planning process with stakeholders: WasteWAG modelling and game in Senegal
Mélaine Aucante, Rémi Lombard-Latune, Alpha Ba, Camille Cheval, Paul Moretti and Nils Ferrand
Chapter 15. Influence at the margin: Participation and water infrastructure in the Cambodian Mekong delta
Jean-Philippe Venot, William’s Daré, Etienne Delay, Sreytouch Heourn, Lamphin Lor, Malyne Neang, Somali Oum, Raksmey Phoeurk, Sopheaktra Say, Sophak Seng and Sreypich Sinh
Chapter 16. Enhancing the characterisation of floods, water resources and their impacts through participatory observation
Valérie Borrell Estupina, Frédéric Grelot, Alexandre Alix, David Badoga, Pierre Balzergue, Pauline Brémond, Moustapha Djangue, Jofre Herrero Ferran, Alain Fezeu, Camille Jourdan, Cécile Llovel, Linda Luquot, Valérianne Marry, Sylvie Morardet, Roger Moussa, Diana Puigserver Cuerda, Sophie Richard, Marine Rousseau, David Sebag, Eric Servat and Sandra Van-Exter

Part 4. Planning for Transforming towards Socio-Ecological Sustainability
Chapter 17. CoOPLAN multi-scale participatory planning process: Applications in Uganda and elsewhere
Nils Ferrand, Clovis Kabaseke, Moses Muhumuza, Thaddeo Tibasiima and Emeline Hassenforder
Insert 3. Feedback from a large-scale citizen participatory process on the Drôme river basin
Claire Petitjean and Chrystel Fermond
Chapter 18. Shared Water Policy in New Caledonia: Feedback on a mechanism for policy co-construction and co-planning
Caroline Lejars, Séverine Bouard and Nils Ferrand
Chapter 19. Opportunities and challenges of transferring the CoOPLAGE approach to Integrated Water Resources Management in a Beninese wetland
Raphaëlle Ducrot and William’s Daré

Conclusion
Emeline Hassenforder and Nils Ferrand
List of abbreviations
Acknowledgments
List of authors