Objetivo To develop conflict management procedures aimed at the effective regulation of environmental disputes; to analyse and evaluate procedures, with respect to processes and outcomes, in terms of effectiveness and efficiency.OBJECTIVES: To develop conflict management procedures aimed at the effective regulation of environmental disputes; to analyse and evaluate procedures, with respect to processes and outcomes, in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. DESCRIPTION: The project characterises environmental conflicts in terms of the following dimensions: the level of conflict; the relationship and characteristics of the parties; the number and interdependence of the issues involved; the social environment in which the conflict takes place; the nature of the audiences to the conflict; and, consequences having the potential to influence the course of the dispute defined as cooperative, escalating and/or destructive or deadlocked. The project assesses the efficacy and perceived validity of existing conflict resolution procedures in terms of this characterisation. For example, public enquiries, meetings etc., are compared across different settings such as toxic waste incineration or oil refineries in Belgium, Germany and the UK in both urban and rural environments. The project also assesses the utility and validity of incorporating public values into the procedures as quantified trade-off judgements reflecting constituencies of interest. It examines how the most effective procedures fit in with current EU policy in the sectors under analysis. Several methods of data collection are used. Exploratory and relatively unconstrained discussions and interviews are used to select case studies and the management procedures are tested in each setting using before and after measures. Experimental groups are exposed to different procedures consistent with each case study. Responses to fixed format questionnaires focus on the acceptability of procedures. A time-series analysis of public litigations analyses the choice of litigation by disputants and assesses the impact of changes in the legal system. The aim is to gain insight on the extent to which policy makers might expect a reduction in the use of public litigation if alternative conflict resolution procedures come into being. Ámbito científico engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processes Programa(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 04 - Human dimensions of environmental change Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador UNIVERSITY OF SURREY Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección University Campus, Stag Hill, Duke of Kent Buildin GU2 5TE GUILDFORD Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (2) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CENTRE FOR TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG Alemania Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 5,Industriestrasse 5 70565 STUTTGART Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos UNIVERSITE DE LIEGE Bélgica Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 7,Boulevard du Rectorat 7, bèt B31 4000 LIEGE Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
