Context dependency and stakeholder involvement in EIA: the decisive role of practitioners
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, 54(3), 337-354
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Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
Pages
337-354
Date Issued
2011
Date
2011
Author(s)
Blicharska, Malgorzata
Isaksson, Karolina
Richardson, Tim
Wu, Chia-Jung
Abstract
The outcomes of frameworks and practices for stakeholder involvement in environmental impact assessment (EIA) for road planning, under the umbrella of a common EU legal framework, are investigated here in specific national contexts. Data for the two empirical cases examined - Poland and Sweden - are related to the recent ongoing discussion on context dependency for Environmental Assessments (EA). The analysis, informed by practitioner interviews and documentary review, comprises a historical review of the evolution of EIA and stakeholder involvement, and examines more closely the legal frameworks, formal and informal arenas for stakeholder involvement, and norms of stakeholder involvement held by professionals involved in the planning process in the two countries. The results challenge existing assumptions about the relative depth of institutionalisation of stakeholder involvement and environmental concern in a Scandinavian and Central-Eastern European context, and highlight the decisive role of practitioners in the application of EA frameworks in planning practice. © 2011 University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
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