Public involvement in environmental policy analysis and planning may be in
some cases for the purpose of incorporating public values and preferences in decision
making. Narrative policy analysis is put forward as a method,w hich is particularly useful
to the practice of public involvement for maintaininga juxtaposition of views throughout
the policy development and planning process. It is argued that this process may facilitate
the consideration of publicp referencesin a decision-makingp rocess. This can be achieved
through the joint development of a meta-narrative