Search results for "Public participation"
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RISC Monitor audience rating and its implications for journalistic practice
2008
Conceptualizations of good news are increasingly driven by detailed audience research. This article examines the application of Research Institute on Social Change (RISC) Monitor in the context of Finnish press journalistic practice and considers the views on journalism and the audience RISC Monitor reinforces. This international and widely used market research tool monitors social change by analysing people's life-styles, attitudes and values. Here the focus is on the implications the use of RISC Monitor has for the idea(l)s of journalism as the transmission of information and as a resource for public participation and active citizenship. The study is based on qualitative interviews with …
Citizen’s Rights in European Environmental Law: Stock-Taking of Key Challenges and Current Developments in Relation to Public Access to Information, …
2012
The article aims to provide a short overview of the current situation regarding public access to information, participation and access to justice in Europe. The article briefly presents the role of the Aarhus Convention and its compliance mechanism in shaping the respective legal framework at both national level and EU level. On that basis it summarises some key challenges and implementation problems respectively in relation to public access to information, participation and access to justice.
Projektowane zmiany w regulacji prawnej planowania przestrzennego w Polsce w świetle Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu
2022
Artykuł przedstawia dyskutowane obecnie na świecie zagadnienia związane z pojawieniem się nowych instrumentów mających na celu zapewnienie zrównoważonego rozwoju w kontekście rozważanej obecnie reformy systemu planowania i zagospodarowania przestrzennego w Polsce. W Europie przedmiotem szczególnej uwagi jest wizja nowego paradygmatu rozwoju przewidziana w ramach Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu. Obejmuje on nie tylko kwestie związane z problematyką zmian klimatu (czy szerzej ochrony środowiska) czy też np. tak istotną obecnie samowystarczalność energetyczną Europy, ale też przewiduje konkretne instrumenty służące wdrażaniu nowej wizji rozwoju oraz wskazuje na konieczność rozszerzenia udziału sp…
The Changing Role and Contribution of Social Science to Nuclear Waste Management in Finland
2008
This article explores both the social and political usage of social science research and its effectiveness, as perceived by experts, in the process of planning and decision-making in the context of Finnish nuclear waste management. The argument is that public participation in the process is important, but to reach some kind of public acceptability the actors in charge of “solving” the nuclear waste problem have to govern the societal process and respond to the claims and the needs of the public. This requires the integration of social science research into the process responsible for developing the nuclear waste management model. In trying to understand the uniquely positive nuclear waste …
L’injonction participative au débat environnemental en ligne : Imaginaires d’Internet, démocratie environnementale et communication engageante
2013
What communication devices could be used to mobilize and assist citizens in eco-friendly consumption? How users will appropriate these devices and thus will participate to public discussions? Based on these functionalist issues, which are the core of an action research that we ‘re leading, we propose a critic study of participatory injunction. This injunction deals with Internet imaginary and sustainable development precepts.
The effectiveness of the Finnish EIA system — What works, what doesn't, and what could be improved?
2011
Abstract The article summarises the results of a multidisciplinary research project on the effectiveness of the Finnish EIA system. It examines the main strengths and weaknesses of EIA as a preventive and participatory environmental management tool. The study concludes that EIA has achieved a meaningful role in the environmental policy toolbox in Finland and has clearly enhanced the possibilities for high-quality environmental decision making. The research cites the liaison authority system as a clear strength of the Finnish EIA system in its enabling a single regional authority to specialise in and gain wide experience on EIA issues. In examining potential weaknesses of the regime, the art…
Más allá del simulacro: redacción colaborativa de la E.D.U.S.I. del barrio del Cabanyal-Canyamelar-Cap de França (Valencia)
2016
El barrio del Cabanyal-Canyamelar-Cap de Franca es uno de los conjuntos urbanos mas destacables de la ciudad de Valencia. Un Plan parcial urbanistico promovido por el Ayuntamiento a finales de los noventa preveia alterar notablemente su morfologia, ante la posicion contraria de un vecindario que se movilizo y consiguio atenuar parte del impacto del plan. En una nueva etapa, el Ayuntamiento encarga una estrategia sostenible para el barrio que respete el patrimonio e incluya el punto de vista de los ciudadanos. Esa estrategia debera intentar recabar fondos europeos a traves de la convocatoria EDUSI del Ministerio de Fomento. El equipo Va Cabanyal gana el concurso para disenar esa estrategia o…
The good process or the great illusion? A spatial perspective on public participation in Danish municipal wind turbine planning
2021
This paper explores the nature of public participation in Danish municipal wind power planning. Although the procedure for involving citizens embedded in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure for wind power projects is often praised for its participatory character, the approach is not without problems. In this paper, we identify the limitations and potentials of the public space provided for citizen involvement. By means of Gaventa’s terminology suggesting a continuum of public spaces for participation, the paper shows how the planning process can be approached from different spatial perspectives – each of them illuminating different forms of power, resistance and opportunitie…
Urban landscape evolution as a consequence of an invasive pest: The case of a small sicilian town
2017
The Red Palm Weevil (RPW), after its accidental introduction in Italy in 2005, determined a progressive disruption of Canary palms mostly in the central and southern regions. As it is difficult to undertake the management of this pest, the possibility of substituting the killed/symptomatic palms with other ornamental trees has been recently discussed. In this context, understanding the citizens' needs about green areas can improve the management of public parks and urban greening. Involving citizens on the natural resource management using public participation processes is crucial. The case study of a small town of Sicily (Italy) was treated and the spread of this pest was monitored. Moreov…
Practices and Knowledge: Philosophy of Biomedicine, Governance and Citizen Participation
2018
The present chapter addresses the emergence of new forms of governance and citizen participation in the context of certain biotechnologies. On the basis of three case studies, we have mapped different models of public participation in health issues (especially health activism and Internet users, though not exclusively): identifying and analyzing actors, their mutual relationships (mainly those between "patients"/activists groups and the biomedical community), strategies and forms of participation, the exchange and circulation of "expert/lay" knowledge (and the role of the Internet in these processes), and the different activities and forms of knowledge production by "lay" citizen groups (or…