Resolving environmental disputes : from conflict to consensus / Roger Sidaway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sidaway, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict--Environmental aspects.

Social conflict.

Conflict management.

Environmental protection--Social aspects.

Environmental protection.

Environmental policy--Decision making--Citizen participation.

Environmental policy.

Consensus (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Resolving Environmental Disputes presents detailed case studies from the key contemporary themes in resource management and environmental protection, such as: access to the countryside for recreation, sustainable forestry, pollution and risks to health, and coastal zone management.The book spans both theory and practice in assessing the relationship between public participation and mediation. It is structured around detailed case studies from Britain, the USA and the Netherlands, which are interspersed with chapters providing explanation and interpretation of the theoretical and practical issu

Contents:

Introduction

Introduction to the principal case studies

Using social theory to explain conflicts

Alternative dispute resolution : the contribution of negotiation and consensus building

Mediation and its contribution to resolving environmental disputes

'Clearing the air' : the North Oxford County Coalition

Public participation in decision-making and partnerships

Building trust : crucial lessons in participation and partnership

Organization, power, and conflict

Consensus and the political process

Conclusions on removing the barriers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-286) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-55846-2

1-136-55847-0

1-84977-237-1

1-280-20404-4

9786610204045

600-00-0010-3

1-4237-0876-8

9781849772372

OCLC:

60676171