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Sustainability 2010, 2, 2762-2784; doi:10.3390/su2092762 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 /journal/sustainability Article Participatory System Dynamics Modeling for Sustainable Environmental Management: Observations from Four Cases Krystyna Stave School of Environmental and Public Affairs, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4030, USA; E-Mail: krystyna.stave@; Tel.: +1-702-895-4833; Fax: +1-702-895-4436 Received: 30 July 2010; in revised form: 19 August 2010 / Accepted: 20 August 2010 / Published: 2 September 2010 Abstract: Sustainable environmental management requires a decision support approach that accounts for dynamic connections between social and ecological systems, integrates stakeholder deliberation with scientific analysis, incorporates diverse stakeholder knowledge, and fosters relationships among stakeholders that can accommodate changing information and changing social and environmental conditions. Participatory system dynamics modeling provides such a framework. It supports stakeholder learning about the system and the perspectives of other stakeholders, and can help build social capital among stakeholders. Four cases of participatory system dynamics modeling, which range from no to full participant involvement in model development, support the idea that greater social capital development results from greater participation in model development, but also suggest that even the simplest use of simulation models