Public participation modes in China's environmental impact assessment process: An analytical framework based on participation extent and conflict level,Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Public participation modes in China's environmental impact assessment process: An analytical framework based on participation extent and conflict level
Environmental Impact Assessment Review ( IF 9.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106400
Xinyue Yao , Jia He , Cunkuan Bao

Abstract Environmental impact assessment (EIA) serves as a gatekeeper to prevent environmental pollution, and public participation is a legal requirement in the EIA process that ensures people's awareness of activities that may jeopardize the environment. Recently, with the elevated awareness of environmental protection and increasing environmental sensitivity, EIA has evolved as a means for the public to show their attitudes towards environmental issues. More frequently, public protests against not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) facilities have become a significant challenge in the government's decision-making process. Government officials and EIA practitioners continue to look for a more effective way of public participation and aim to establish a platform that can involve related stakeholders. However, current research on public participation is limited to individual case studies or lacks a systematic approach to analysing diversified modes of public participation, which may differentiate levels of acceptance by the government in the EIA process and consequently lead to different effects. Therefore, from the perspectives of the participation extent and conflict level, this paper aims to establish an integrated framework to categorize different public participation patterns in EIA practices and to analyse their characteristics, such as preferences and the action logic arising from different stakeholders, including the government and public. The paper concludes that collaborative public participation is a possible way to strengthen the effectiveness of public involvement within the Chinese context.

更新日期：2020-09-01

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