From matters of fact to places of concern? Energy, environmental movements and place-making in Chile and Thailand

Schaeffer, Colombina; Smits, M.C.J.

doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.07.021

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“…It was emphasised that area contexts could determine how the community and project developer build their relationships (EGATrep#1). This is linked with arguments raised by Schaeffer and Smits (2015) that 'places' and people in such places are key factors influencing environmental movements. Nevertheless, other factors could influence the level of success in building good relationships between people to achieve successful public consultation according to the project development consequences experienced among stakeholders.…”

Section: Substantive Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 97%

Investigating the effectiveness of mandatory integration of health impact assessment within environmental impact assessment (EIA): a case study of Thailand

Chanchitpricha

Bond

2017

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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The effectiveness of the integration of health impact assessment (HIA) and environmental impact assessment (creating an environmental and health impact assessment’ (EHIA) process) is investigated, drawing on an example of a mandatory requirement in the power plant project sector in Thailand. The analytical framework is based on that outlined in by the authors in 2013, focusing on procedural, substantive, transactive and normative effectiveness criteria, and the evaluation served also to critique this framework in practice. Using documentary analysis and interviews, it was found that a sample of EHIAs are partially effective from the four perspectives of effectiveness. The findings suggest that integrating HIA and EIA still has a long way to go to achieve effective practice. Insufficient resources have been allocated to deliver the level of public participation expected in the regulations, or a sufficient standard of EHIA practice and monitoring. The existing analytical framework was found to be inadequate for transactive effectiveness, and a new criterion added: T5 – Availability of human resource in EHIA practice. Recommendations are provided to support the practical integration of HIA into EIA practice in Thailand

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Section: Substantive Effectivenessmentioning

confidence: 97%

Investigating the effectiveness of mandatory integration of health impact assessment within environmental impact assessment (EIA): a case study of Thailand

Chanchitpricha

Bond

2017

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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“…Somados às lacunas e limitações observadas, o crescimento da demanda energética, a democracia incipiente, as privatizações e os movimentos sociais permitem o entendimento da relação das controvérsias do setor energético com a política e o planejamento nacional (e/ou regional) (Schaeffer & Smits, 2015). Deste modo, a quarta etapa objetivou selecionar os estudos/empreendimentos, de acordo com a quantidade de situações conflituosas.…”

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Conflitos no licenciamento ambiental de PCHs: os casos de Dois Saltos e Água Limpa

Gomes

Silva

2017

Desenvolv. Meio Ambiente

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Artigo recebido em 10 de julho de 2017, versão final aceita em 14 de novembro de 2017. RESUMO:A Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente (Lei 6.938/1981) foi um marco que incluiu o componente ambiental na gestão de políticas públicas, além de um avanço democrático na vida política. O seu principal instrumento, o licenciamento ambiental, é o responsável pelo estabelecimento de empreendimentos potencialmente impactantes, como as hidrelétricas, mas seu processo tem incitado o surgimento de inúmeros conflitos e embates sociais. Portanto, a pesquisa objetiva compreender a dinâmica da controvérsia em torno do licenciamento ambiental, especialmente das pequenas centrais hidroelétricas (PCHs) do Paraná. Caracteriza-se como qualitativa e explicativa; de delineamento metodológico bibliográfico; e aplicada, quanto à sua natureza e ao seu resultado. É baseada em livros, artigos científicos, estudos ambientais preliminares do Instituto Ambiental do Paraná, informações da Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica e em reportagens de mídias locais. Parte de dois estudos de caso conflituosos. Os dados demonstram que o Paraná tem visado às PCHs e que estas permeiam diferentes atores e embates. Verifica-se que o problema não está na capacidade do instrumento, mas na incapacidade de gestão deste, ou seja, dos seus gestores, que têm condicionado este cenário. E a identificação da questão institucional (arranjo, regras e atores -junto da percepção destes sobre o processo) é o que propicia um melhor entendimento deste cenário e das possibilidades de melhoria do instrumento.Palavras-chave: licença ambiental; hidrelétrica; conflito. ABSTRACT:The National Environment Policy (Law 6.938/1981) was a milestone that included the environmental component in the management of public policies, as well as a democratic progress in political life. Its instrument, the environmental licensing, is responsible for establishing potentially impactful projects, such as hydroelectric power, but its process has incited the emergence of numerous social conflicts and clashes. Therefore, the research aims to understand the dynamics of the controversy surrounding the environmental licensing, specifically in small hydropower plants (SHPs) of Paraná. It is characterized as qualitative and explanatory; bibliographic methodological design; and applied, about nature and result. It is based on books, scientific articles, and preliminary environmental studies of the Environmental Institute of Paraná, information from the National

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“…This year saw a massive social movement (Schaeffer & Smits 2015) against large-scale energy infrastructural projects, including some of the largest public demonstrations since the return of democracy in 1990. This movement was seen by politicians and public authorities as expressing a widely-held discomfort with the existing energy system.…”

Section: The Case: Chile's "Tariff Equity Law" 41 Problematizingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Economizing Justice: turning equity claims into lower energy tariffs in Chile

Palavicino¹,

Ureta²

2017

Preprint

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This paper considers the issue of how energy justice is economized; how political and ethical claims about particular energy (in)justices are turned into economic valuations. Drawing on science and technology studies, we present a conceptual framework that understands economization as emerging from three interrelated processes: problematization, framing and overflowing. Applying this framework to the drafting of new energy legislation in Chile, we trace how perceived shortcomings in equity and distributional justice were turned into "market failures," able to be resolved by market-based mechanisms. This case highlights the dangers implicit in the uncritical economization of energy justice claims, in which ethical considerations regarding the distribution of risks and benefits of energy production and provision are reduced to a redistribution of payments among consumers -something that limits the possibilities for structural reform.

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From matters of fact to places of concern? Energy, environmental movements and place-making in Chile and Thailand

Cited by 72 publications

References 34 publications

Investigating the effectiveness of mandatory integration of health impact assessment within environmental impact assessment (EIA): a case study of Thailand

Investigating the effectiveness of mandatory integration of health impact assessment within environmental impact assessment (EIA): a case study of Thailand

Conflitos no licenciamento ambiental de PCHs: os casos de Dois Saltos e Água Limpa

Economizing Justice: turning equity claims into lower energy tariffs in Chile

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