Enhancing Public Participation in Local Air Pollution Assessment: A Citizen Participation Prototype from Zarqa Governorate, Jordan
| Autor: | Moshrik R. Hamdi, Mohammad M. Al-Hussinat, Moayyad S. Shawaqfeh, Ahmed N. Bdour |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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business.industry
Process (engineering) Environmental resource management Air pollution medicine.disease_cause Pollution Public participation medicine Environmental Chemistry Environmental impact assessment Implementation research business Waste Management and Disposal Complex problems Environmental planning |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Engineering Science. 25:451-460 |
| ISSN: | 1557-9018 1092-8758 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/ees.2007.0066 |
| Popis: | It is argued in this paper that the current attempts at community involvement in environmental planning and development in Jordan have not been fully realized. This is demonstrated through implementation research, reported here, of public participation in local air pollution assessment in one of the most highly polluted spots in the country. It is concluded that the use of public participation (PP) in the environmental assessment (EA) process faces many challenges that limit the full benefits of public participation from being realized in the region, narrowly operational technical expertise; implementing officers' attitudes toward communities' capacity to understand complex problems; and the basic technical planning rational are structural impediments to effective community involvement. In addition, it is clear from the responses and surveys that the limitation of the public participation process includes factors regarding the conflict between stakeholders, which is a consequence of inadequate definition ... |
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