Exploring the Role of Social Capital in the Conduct of Initial Site Assessments of Polluted Sites in the Philippines
| Autor: | Maria Emilinda T. Mendoza, Jennifer Marie S. Amparo, Marlo D. Mendoza, Carla Edith G. Jimena, Emilia S. Visco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Transaction cost
Protocol (science) business.industry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis media_common.quotation_subject Environmental resource management Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental economics Pollution Adversarial system Work (electrical) Perception Information flow (information theory) business Enforcement Social capital media_common |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health and Pollution. 1:5-13 |
| ISSN: | 2156-9614 |
| DOI: | 10.5696/2156-9614.1.2.5 |
| Popis: | Background. A number of studies have shown how enhanced social capital can improve environmental outcomes through decreased transaction costs, increased knowledge and information flow, and improved monitoring and enforcement. Objectives. Social capital plays an important role in reducing adversarial perceptions of initial site assessments of toxic hotspots. It also mobilizes stakeholders to work together to come up with a holistic and comprehensive site assessment. This paper explains the role of social capital in the conduct of the Blacksmith Institute's Global Inventory Project site assessment protocol in the Philippines. Methods. The study describes and analyzes the role of social capital in the conduct of the initial site assessment based on the actual experiences and observations of the authors and a review of discourse that took place during regular meetings of the Blacksmith Institute's local investigative team. Results. As of June 2011, 105 polluted sites have been identified in the Philippines. I... |
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