On developing a prospecting tool for wind industry and policy decision support

McKeown, Charles; Adelaja, Adesoji O.; Calnin, Benjamin

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.11.015

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“…The surrounding area also likely influences the scale of protest. Population density is usually considered to be associated with the potential for local resistance to an environmental polluter (McKeown et al, 2011;Petrova, 2016): the higher the population density, the higher the number of residents affected by pollution and ultimately the higher the number of potential protesters. The group size of protestors is one of the indicators of environmental protest severity and is related to the act of sabotage and other extreme behaviors as protestors are anonymous and less likely to be arrested (Wei et al, 2014).…”

Section: Surroundings Factormentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk factors influencing environmental protest severity in China

Xue

Shen

Zhao

2018

IJCMA

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Purpose Using protest event analysis, this study aims to investigate which risk factors influence the severity of environmental protests in China, thus filling a gap in China-related environmental protest literature. Design/methodology/approach Using a database derived from media coverage of 129 environmental protests in China from 2009 to 2015, this empirical study identifies underlying risk factors influencing environmental protest severity, quantifies these protest cases and verifies the associations between risk factors and severity using ordered logistic regression. Findings The results show that higher environmental health threat, economic loss, distrust of local government, lack of local governmental response, improper local government action and higher population density are likely to increase environmental protest severity; however, contrary to expectations, environmental information disclosure has no significant effect. These findings illuminate the vital and variational role of local government throughout all stages of the evolutionary process in environmental protests. Moreover, public distrust of local government is the principal cause of these protests. Originality/value This study enhances the understanding of how Chinese environmental protests arise from the identified risk factors and contributes to quantitative multi-case research in this area. Furthermore, the findings may help local governments in China, as well as in other countries, to enact positive measures to prevent serious environmental protests and improve their ability to address the environmental problems that cause protests. More effective governance can decrease the number and severity of environmental protests and thus promote social stability.

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Section: Surroundings Factormentioning

confidence: 99%