Journal article
Procedural and Substantive Criteria for Democratic Siting Justice
Swiss political science review, Vol.10(4), pp.192-201
01 Jan 2004
Abstract
Numerous campaigns have demonstrated the unwillingness of communities to accept proposals for the establishment of a site which presents an imminent environmental or health hazard. Such instances require governments & developers to give public dissent its due representation while trying to protect their own investment agenda at the same time. Where governments & developers do make an attempt to endorse voluntary siting proposals & procedures as a means of presenting social alternatives, residents tend to take this offer seriously. However, as is argued here, voluntary siting methods do not truly pay sufficient attention to issues concerning justice & democracy associated with the placement of hazardous facilities. The limitations of frequently given explanations for siting failure are described here in detail along with a delineation of the procedural indicators such as social inclusiveness, consultation over time, equality in decision-making, that focus on developing of egalitarian participation conditions. Following this, substantive indicators including large unit of review, facility nature, alternative methods, & fairness, present guidelines to define what factors of waste management policy should be reviewed in the decision-making process. These indicators & their application are described here in detail. 1 Table, 24 References. C. Brunski
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- Title
- Procedural and Substantive Criteria for Democratic Siting Justice
- Creators
- Christian Hunold
- Publication Details
- Swiss political science review, Vol.10(4), pp.192-201
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Politics
- Identifiers
- 991020545230404721