Building and breaking a bridge of trust in a Superfund site remediation

Danielson, Stentor; Santos, Susan L.; Webler, Thomas; Tuler, Seth

doi:10.1504/ijgenvi.2008.017259

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“…For example people may be more likely to attend public meetings if their friends or spouses attend, or may be inhibited from attending if they feel unwelcome. Social trust can have a significant effect, for example Danielson et al (2008) discovered that a close relationship between a stakeholder and project sponsor caused a third stakeholder to distrust the process and withdraw. Social factors can be significant, but the power model, the information flow, and the deliberative model fail to acknowledge them.…”

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A Psychosocial Approach to Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Problem Solving. The Case of the Contaminated Site Cleanup at Mapua, New Zealand

Ducker¹,

Morgan²

2012

EMSD

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Problem Statement: Stakeholder participation has been widely touted as a necessary means to help resolve complex environmental issues, however there are deficiencies in current theory regarding the basis of effective participatory processes, particularly with regard to psychosocial components of interaction. Approach: A detailed case investigation is undertaken of a typical example of technoscientific problem solving-the cleanup of a contaminated site in Mapua, New Zealand. Results: Analysis highlights the deficiencies of the traditional problem solving approach which limits stakeholder participation, leading to negative emotional reactions and hampering attempts at robust, successful environmental problem solving. In contrast, a model of effective stakeholder participation is developed, based on three principle themes of empathy, understanding and empowerment. These three themes provide a new formulation for stakeholder participation environmental problem solving and a means of questioning the systems which currently exist for addressing environmental issues.

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Section: Social Factorsmentioning

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A Psychosocial Approach to Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Problem Solving. The Case of the Contaminated Site Cleanup at Mapua, New Zealand

Ducker¹,

Morgan²

2012

EMSD

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“…The only way to improve understanding of the unique contexts that Superfund sites create is to devote more energy to studying and reflecting on community engagement at these sites, particularly on the experiences of CEC teams. Although there is some work specific to Superfund [9,24,30,31,32,33], the body of research on community engagement processes specific to these sites is more limited, and analyses of the work of SRP CECs is more limited still. Published work on CECs tends to report on efforts of a specific team [6,11,34] without drawing connections between the work of different CECs.…”

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Themes Across New Directions in Community Engagement

Cruz

2019

IJERPH

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The articles in this special issue on New Directions in Environmental Communication in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health present new research and perspectives on engaging communities impacted by Superfund sites—the hazardous waste sites that have been identified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as needing cleanup. In particular, these articles focus on the community engagement cores (CECs) that work with affected communities as part the Superfund Research Program at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS). The purpose of this closing article is to highlight important themes evident across the eight articles in the special issue. When considered together, the findings reveal important lessons learned about community engagement and environmental communication, but also reveal that much more remains to be known. Recommendations are made for how these teams can continue to practice, reflect on, and research community engagement in ways that build toward a better understanding and implementation of best practices.

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Participatory Approaches in Environmental Management

Danielson

2015

An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management

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Building and breaking a bridge of trust in a Superfund site remediation

Cited by 4 publications

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A Psychosocial Approach to Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Problem Solving. The Case of the Contaminated Site Cleanup at Mapua, New Zealand

A Psychosocial Approach to Stakeholder Participation in Environmental Problem Solving. The Case of the Contaminated Site Cleanup at Mapua, New Zealand

Themes Across New Directions in Community Engagement

Participatory Approaches in Environmental Management

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