Naslov
Reliability of information in the environmental impact studies

Autori
Pletikosić, Merica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of proceedings 4th International symposium of environmental management – towards circular economy / Katančić, Zvonimir ; Koprivanac, Natalija ; Lončarić Božić, Ana ; Kušić, Hrvoje ; Hrnjak-Murgić, Zlata - Zagreb : Fakultet kemijskog inženjerstva i tehnologije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2016, 120-126

ISBN
978-953-6470-77-8

Skup
4th International symposium of environmental management – towards circular economy

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 07.12.2016. - 09.12.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
public information, public participation, reliability of information, authorized institutions

Sažetak
The success of public participation in the procedures of environmental impact assessment is defined as the extent to which one of the social objectives is achieved – namely, the objective related to building trust in the system institutions. The European Community had this area well-organized even before the Aarhus Convention. The importance of public participation in the procedures of environmental impact assessment has constantly been growing. Little is going to change in practice with no procedural, administrative and legal instruments for monitoring the processes of environmental impact assessment and decision-making in the hands of citizens. The main objectives of developing effective strategies of involving the public are better understanding, better communication, strengthening the ability/skills to apply the appropriate forms of participation/involvement with respect to the purpose of the process, and strengthening the relationship and cooperation between stakeholders, with the aim of better planning and realization of (local) sustainable development. Introducing new legal opportunities for public participation is not sufficient in itself - the public must first learn what it has available and how to use it in order for the process of social assessment to be carried out in or prior to the process of environmental impact assessment. In order for the public to exercise its right guaranteed by law to have their views valued in the evaluation of the acceptability of a procedure for the environment they must be aware of it, and they must be adequately informed about the problem and the proposed solutions. Qualitative research on the target sample was conducted using in-depth interviews and participatory observation. The grounded theory method was used in the analysis of the empirical material, and the quantification of the qualitatively processed encrypted material was calculated using the Statistica ver. 11.00 software suite. The study found the level of awareness of the target and sector groups on the reliability of measurements and information of authorized institutions used in the preparation of environmental impact studies. Most of the respondents from the public sector and the business sectorbelieve that the measurement information from the authorized institutions is reliable, and if it is not, then the issue at hand is a criminal offence. However, most of the representatives of the civil sector do not support this view, but doubt the reliability of the information and are not sure whether they can believe the authorized institutions that conduct the measurement.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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