scholarly journals Protecting the 'Na Plachtě' natural monument from development. A case study on the importance of public participation in environmental protection (English version)

Envigogika ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vendula Záhumenská
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Conflicts Of Interests ◽  
English Version ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
The Past ◽  
Natural Monument ◽  
Eastern Edge

Na Plachtě is located at the south-eastern edge of Hradec Králové where over the past 20 years conflicts of interests between environmentalists and local developers have arisen concerning the development and commercial use of the site. This case study is concerned with the importance of public participation in  environmental issues and describes the specific opportunities for influencing environmental decision-making. The author refers to specific events which eventually resulted in the declaration of the Na Plachtě site as a “natural monument”; she also investigates opportunities for changing the landscape plan which would strengthen  protection against any construction on the site. Other possibilities for influencing decision-making about issues of concern to the general public and which have an impact on the work of regional representatives are also discussed.

scholarly journals Protecting the 'Na Plachtě' natural monument from development. A case study on the importance of public participation in environmental protection

Envigogika ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vendula Záhumenská
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Conflicts Of Interests ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Commercial Use ◽  
The Past ◽  
Natural Monument ◽  
Eastern Edge

Na Plachtě is located at the south-eastern edge of Hradec Králové where over the past 20 years conflicts of interests between environmentalists and local developers have arisen concerning the development and commercial use of the site. This case study is concerned with the importance of public participation in  environmental issues and describes the specific opportunities for influencing environmental decision-making. The author refers to specific events which eventually resulted in the declaration of the Na Plachtě site as a “natural monument”; she also investigates opportunities for changing the landscape plan which would strengthen  protection against any construction on the site. Other possibilities for influencing decision-making about issues of concern to the general public and which have an impact on the work of regional representatives are also discussed.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING: EXAMINING THE AARHUS CONVENTION

1999 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 229-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN R. PALERM
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Environmental Decision

After reviewing the development of public participation in environmental decision making, empirical/theoretical principles for public participation are proposed, based on Habermas's theory of communicative action. These principles are used to assess the Aarhus convention (AC), as well as the implications of the AC for the interpretation of EIA directive 85/337/EEC (amended by directive 97/11/EC) and the proposed directive on SEA.The results show that the AC falls short of the proposed principles in four fundamental aspects: (1) its need to ensure the participation of cognitively and lingually non-competent actors; (2) the need to have a two-way communication process; (3) the need to ensure normative and subjective claims are adequately recognised; and (4) the need to establish conflict management procedures. As well, the results show that the AC will set stricter standards for the interpretation of the public participation provisions in both the EIA directive and the proposed SEA directive.

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