Food for thought: Conditions for discourse reflection in the light of environmental assessment

Runhaar, Hens; Runhaar, Piety; Oegema, Tammo

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2009.12.001

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“…The focus here is on EIA's role in creating discursive spaces that facilitate the engagement of public actors in the decision-making process (Rozema et al 2012). From this perspective EIA has the potential to increase not only the legitimacy of the process as a whole, but also the capacity for social learning among the participating actors (Wilkins 2003, Runhaar et al 2010. The EIA process can thus serve as a means to consider alternative options for manoeuvre and to broaden the areas of discussion (Saarikoski 2000, Stirling andGee 2002).…”

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Addressing the temporal fit of institutions: the regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Europe

Rosenschöld¹,

Honkela²,

Hukkinen³

2014

E&S

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ABSTRACT. The concept of temporal fit between biophysical systems and institutions has lately received great attention by scholars interested in environmental governance. Although we agree that the concept of temporal fit is a valuable approach for highlighting the temporal challenges of governance systems, we argue that the concept is currently lacking precision with regard to temporal complexity. We build on Barbara Adam's work on "timescapes" to offer a more nuanced account of temporal fit and misfit. We illustrate the analytical usefulness of our approach by examining the regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) within European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), a case with amplified temporal challenges. We suggest that, when addressing temporal fit, two points require greater attention. First, similar to time, temporal misfits are complex. In REACH the temporal misfit is linked to four temporal features, time frame, sequence, tempo, and timing, contributing to the insufficiency of EDC regulation. Second, the temporal features are interlinked and feed back into each other, which strengthens the temporal misfit further. In conclusion, we propose that environmental impact assessment could be used as a tool to circumvent the regulatory paralysis of EDC regulation in Europe.

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Addressing the temporal fit of institutions: the regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Europe

Rosenschöld¹,

Honkela²,

Hukkinen³

2014

E&S

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“…Bond et al (2010) found that knowledge needs to be managed in an impact assessment process, and a learning approach needs to be adopted in order to accommodate plurality of views and move towards sustainable decision-making. Runhaar et al (2010) indicate that actors involved in impact assessment selectively interpret knowledge generated through the process as they are subject to a variety of discourses which act as filters that sieve the relevant from the irrelevant. The end result can be that dominant discourses take over and knowledge which is inconsistent with them can be ignored (although knowledge is no less valid simply because it does not support certain discourses).…”

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Designing an effective sustainability assessment process

Bond¹,

Morrison‐Saunders²,

Stoeglehner³

2012

Sustainability Assessment

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“…Setting sustainability goals operationalizing and contextualizing a sustainability vision is a key step in translating that framing into manageable decision-supporting information as proposed by [26]. Sustainability assessment can also contribute to discourse reflection and formation [47]. Stimulating decision-makers and other stakeholders to critically reflect upon and to reconsider their perspectives on sustainability may enhance the chance of sustainability assessment to influencing decision-making.…”

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Conceptualizing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Assessment in Development Cooperation

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Sustainability assessment has emerged as a key decision-support process in development cooperation in response to the growing acknowledgement of the impacts of global change. This paper aims at conceptualizing the effectiveness of sustainability assessment as applied in development cooperation, by focusing on the sustainability assessment practice by actors of the official Belgian Development Cooperation. The conceptualization of the effectiveness of sustainability assessment is synthesized in a set of issues and concerns, based on semi-structured interviews. The paper highlights the specificity of sustainability assessment in the development cooperation sector (e.g., through the cultural and discursive compatibility dimensions of assessment in a North-South context). Effectiveness is inherently linked to the expected functions of sustainability assessment in the decision-making process, which include fostering organizational change, shaping contextually adapted framings of OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 5736 sustainability and operationalizing the sustainability transition. These findings highlight the relevance of a discourse-sensitive approach to sustainability assessment if one is to strengthen its credibility and legitimacy.

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Food for thought: Conditions for discourse reflection in the light of environmental assessment

Cited by 26 publications

References 31 publications

Addressing the temporal fit of institutions: the regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Europe

Addressing the temporal fit of institutions: the regulation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in Europe

Designing an effective sustainability assessment process

Conceptualizing the Effectiveness of Sustainability Assessment in Development Cooperation

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