Exploring the social acceptability for the desalination plant project: Perceptions from the stakeholders

Liu, Ta Kang; Ye, Jia-An; Sheu, H. S.

doi:10.1016/j.desal.2022.115757

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“…With the improvement in the cultural quality of people, they gradually understand the uncontrollability of natural disasters on the projects, and the government's subsidy mechanism to pacify the affected people is more comprehensive and less prone to instability situations. On the contrary, the changes in an artificially created environment can produce greater social risks [29]. For example, in the first half of 2021, Japan's discharge of nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean resulted in the expansion of radioactive substances to the entire Pacific Ocean, causing high prices of most seafood, further creating public panic.…”

Section: The Generation Of Social Risks In Ppp Projects Of Water Envi...mentioning

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“…This paper establishes the theoretical framework of social risks by combining vulnerability, which deepens the understanding of the influencing mechanism of social risks. In addition, most research is from a static perspective to study social risks in PPP projects of water environmental governance [7,11,27,29]. However, due to the complex management system, the long operation cycle, and the different social risks of different phases of a project, it is necessary to probe this top from a dynamic perspective.…”

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A Study on the Dynamic Evolution Paths of Social Risks in PPP Projects of Water Environmental Governance—From the Vulnerability Perspective

Chen,

Zhao,

Xue

2024

Sustainability

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The Chinese economy is transitioning from high-speed development to high-quality development, and water environmental governance is a key factor promoting economic transformation. Due to low returns and high investment in China’s water environmental governance, the PPP (public–private-partnership) model is often adopted. However, the PPP model has historically faced challenges adapting to local conditions in China, leading to social risks in the PPP projects of water environmental governance. To reduce these risks, this paper takes a vulnerability perspective, employing the system dynamics simulation method to explore the dynamic evolution process of social risks in the PPP projects of water environmental governance. The main results show the following: (1) the external manifestations of social risks during the construction and operation periods vary significantly, exhibiting notable fluctuations; (2) during the construction period, there is a surge in social risks followed by a returns to lower than normal levels, then a gradual upward trend; during the operation period, social risks initially decrease to a lower level before gradually increasing; and (3) city class, relevant legal systems, and resource reserves emerge as critical factors influencing vulnerability and social risks. The higher the city class, the lower the project vulnerability; the soundness of the legal system for PPP projects can effectively reduce vulnerability and social risks; sufficient resource reserves can reduce social risks. Based on the above findings, this paper proposes several suggestions aiming to reduce the vulnerability and social risks in PPP projects, optimize the process of water environmental governance, and further promote the sustainable development of water environmental governance and the high-quality economy of China.

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Section: The Generation Of Social Risks In Ppp Projects Of Water Envi...mentioning

confidence: 99%