ENV201H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Public Participation, Creativity
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Conflict resolution: case study: us mexico water agreement. One essay qs based on one of the case studies. From last time: life cycle assessment, cost-benefit analysis. Top-down: where government or other centralized authority make a decision and impose it on on others. No one else has any say, the govn just makes the decisions for us. Bottom-up: where local people, those using or relying on resource, and other stakeholders make decisions. A person or group affected by or with an interest in a decision, or with legal responsibility and authority related to a decision. Stakeholders fall under the social equity e of sustainable development (3 e"s : env, economy, social equity) Identify socially acceptable solution- govn may not be concerned abt whats socially acceptable: define problem more effectively, access information about local understandings, values. Non-participation- just educating the public/stakeholders; they have no say in the decision manking- very manipulative.
