Ecology and Society: The potential role of mental model methodologies in multi-stakeholder negotiations: integrated water resources management in South Africa

Table 1. Potential match between the Catchment Management Strategy (CMS) planning process and mental model methodologies.

Part of CMS	Substrategy of the CMS	Mental model method/approach/orientation	Reference

PART A	Situation description, analysis Reconciliation	Consensus analysis Companion modeling Conceptual Content Cognitive Mapping	Stone-Jovicich et al. 2011 Dray et al. 2006, Austen 1994
	Scenarios development	Companion Modeling	Costanza and Ruth 1998 Dray et al. 2006 Biggs et al. 2008
	Visioning	Causal dynamics Companion Modeling	Özesmi and Ösezmi 2004 Dray et al. 2006 Abel et al. 1998 Moray 2004 Etienne 2006
PART B	Water resources protection	Causal dynamics Companion Modeling	Abel et al. 1998 Moray 2004 Etienne 2006
	Water use regulation	Causal dynamics	Abel et al. 1998 Moray 2004
PART C	Monitoring, compliance, and enforcement	Risk communication	Morgan et al. 1992, 2002
	Public engagement and capacity development	Consensus analysis Companion modeling Causal dynamics	Stone-Jovicich 2011 Abel et al. 1998
PART D	Institutional arrangements and cooperative governance	Organizational research Risk communication	Langan-Fox et al. 2001 Sterman 2000 Morgan et al. 1992