The Public Hearing of the Community Around Mahasarakham University about the Economic, Social, Health and Environmental Impacts

O presente artigo realiza uma análise sobre a instalação de hidrelétricas, seus impactos ambientais e a importância das audiências públicas. A abordagem gira em torno dos princípios da informação e da participação, envolvendo o diálogo dos saberes que deve permear uma gestão compartilhada. A instalação da Usina Hidrelétrica da Fumaça é usada como referencial de abordagem. A pesquisa tem como marco teórico a obra de Enrique Leff, “Aventuras da Epistemologia Ambiental” e como método, o analítico-dedutivo. O estudo é bibliográfico e busca responder ao problema que tem seu cerne na importância do diálogo dos saberes e na participação coletiva nas audiências públicas.AbstractThis paper realizes an analysis about the installation of hydropower, their environmental impacts and the importance of public hearings. The approach goes around the principles of information and participation, involving dialogue of knowledge that must permeate a shared management. The installation of Fumaça hydropower is used as referential approach. The research has as theoretical framework the work of Enrique Leff, “Aventuras da Epistemologia Ambiental” and as a method, the analytical-deductive. The study is bibliographic and looks for the answer to the problem that has its heart in the importance of dialogue of knowledge and collective participation in public hearings.Keywordshydropower; environmental impact; public hearing; dialogue of knowledge; principles of participation and information.

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Re-defining gender as a heinous crime: A case study from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies

Discourse & Society ◽

10.1177/0957926520977219 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 095792652097721

Author(s):

Janaina Negreiros Persson

Keyword(s):

Discourse Analysis ◽

Critical Discourse Analysis ◽

Gender Ideology ◽

Critical Discourse ◽

Public Hearing ◽

Rhetorical Invention ◽

Social Actors ◽

The Public ◽

The Core

In this article, we explore how the discourses around gender are evolving at the core of Brazilian politics. Our focus lies on the discourses at the public hearing on the bill 3.492/19, which aimed at including “gender ideology” on the list of heinous crimes. We aim to identify the deputies’ linguistic representation of social actors as pertaining to in- and outgroups. In addition, the article analyzes through Critical Discourse Analysis how the terminology gender is represented in this particular hearing. The analysis shows how some of the conservative parliamentarians give a clearly negative meaning to the term gender, by labeling it “gender ideology” and additionally connecting it with heinous crimes. We propose that the re-signification of “gender ideology,” from rhetorical invention to heinous crime, is not only an attempt to undermine scientific gender studies but also a way for conservative deputies to gain more political power.

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Partisipasi Masyarakat dalam Pembentukan Peraturan Daerah Tentang Penggunaan Label Batik Pekalongan

Pandecta Research Law Journal ◽

10.15294/pandecta.v10i1.4194 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mutia Silvia Rose

Keyword(s):

Public Participation ◽

Community Participation ◽

Brand Names ◽

Political Life ◽

Public Hearing ◽

Local Regulation ◽

The Public ◽

The People ◽

Written Form ◽

The Government

Partisipasi masyarakat adalah perwujudan dari masyarakat di dalam negara demokrasi, dimana pemerintahan yang di dasarkan kepada rakyat merupakan tujuan utama kehidupan berpolitik, baik dalam kebijakan maupun dalam tujuan pemerintahan. Perda Label Batik Pekalongan merupakan peraturan daerah yang mengatur tentang suatu tanda yang menunjukkan identitas dan ciri batik buatan Pekalongan yang terdiri dari tiga jenis yaitu batik tulis, batik cap atau batik kombinasi tulis dan cap. Tujuan dibentuknya Perda tersebut adalah agar masyarakat dan konsumen Batik Pekalongan tidak dirugikan akibat dari salah dalam membedakan jenis batik. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa partisipasi masyarakat dalam pembentukan Perda tentang penggunaan label batik Pekalongan masih bersifat elitis, karena yang mendominasi mengikuti public hearing hanya pengusaha kelas atas yaitu seseorang atau kelompok orang yang memproduksi seni batik dalam bentuk tulis, cap dan kombinasi dalam jumlah besar, sudah mempunyai nama merek yang terkenal, dan pemasarannya sudah sangat luas baik di dalam negeri maupun di luar negeri. Partisipasi masyarakat dalam pembentukan perda tentang label batik pekalongan yang masih bersifat elitis dapat berpengaruh karakteristik produk hukum yang di hasilkan yaitu lebih menguntungkan pengusaha batik kelas atas, karena dalam pembuatan label batik Pekalongan merugikan dalam segi ekonomis bagi pengusaha kelas menengah dan bawah.<br /><br />Community participation is the embodiment of the people in a democracy, where the government is based on the people as the ultimate goal of political life, both in policy and administration purposes. Label the Perda Batik Pekalongan local regulation of Batik Pekalongan Label is a sign which indicates the identity and characteristics of batik from Pekalongan which consists of three types of batik, batik or batik and stamp combination. Purpose of the establishment of the regulation is that the public and consumers are not harmed Batik Pekalongan result of incorrect in distinguishing the types of batik. The result of this research indicates that participation in the formation of legislation on the use of Pekalongan batik label still elitist, because that dominate following the public hearing only top-class entrepreneurs is a person or group of people who produce batik art in written form, stamp and combinations in bulk, already has a well-known brand names, and marketing has been very widely both domestically and abroad. Public participation in the formation of regulations about labeling Pekalongan batik is still elitist may influence the characteristics of a legal product that produced batik entrepreneurs are more favorable upper classes, as in the manufacture of Pekalongan batik label in terms of economic harm to employers middle and lower classes.<br /><br />

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Beyond Public Particpation: The disjuncture between South Africa's Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Law and Sustainable Development

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2008/v11i3a2769 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 105

Author(s):

T Murombo

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Impact ◽

Public Participation ◽

Impact Assessment ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Environmental Impact Assessment ◽

Environmental Law ◽

Development Planning ◽

The Public ◽

Legal Provisions

One of the key strategies for achieving sustainable development is the use of the process of evaluating the potential environmental impacts of development activities. The procedure of environmental impact assessment (EIA) implements the principle of integration which lies at the core of the concept of sustainable development by providing a process through which potential social, economic and environmental impacts of activities are scrutinised and planned for. Sustainable development may not be achieved without sustained and legally mandated efforts to ensure that development planning is participatory. The processes of public participation play a crucial role in ensuring the integration of the socio-economic impacts of a project into the environmental decision-making processes. Public participation is not the only process, nor does the process always ensure the achievement of sustainable development. Nevertheless, decisions that engage the public have the propensity to lead to sustainable development. The public participation provisions in South Africa’s EIA regulations promulgated under the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 show a disjuncture between the idea of public participation and the notion of sustainable development. The provisions do not create a framework for informed participation and leave a wide discretion to environmental assessment practitioners (EAPs) regarding the form which participation should assume. In order for environmental law, specifically EIA laws, to be effective as tools to promote sustainable development the laws must, among other things, provide for effective public participation. The judiciary must also aid in the process by giving content to the legal provisions on public participation in the EIA process.

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Vanhuksen oikeus hoivaan ja omaisolettama

Gerontologia ◽

10.23989/gerontologia.63421 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 227-242

Author(s):

Laura Kalliomaa-Puha

Keyword(s):

Family Members ◽

Elderly Person ◽

Social Health ◽

Legal Responsibility ◽

Public Authorities ◽

The Public ◽

Know How ◽

The Family ◽

The Right ◽

To Receive

Jokaisella vanhuksella on Suomessa yksilöllinen, viime kädessä perustuslaissa taattu, oikeus riittävään hoivaan ja huolenpitoon. Silti tämä oikeus on usein käytännössä riippuvainen siitä, onko vanhalla ihmisellä omaisia tukenaan. Tässä artikkelissa tarkastellaan sitä, miten oikeus hoivaan ja hoitoon taataan lainsäädännössä. Omaisilla ei lain mukaan ole vastuuta hoivan järjestämisestä, mutta silti lainsäädäntö monessa kohdin ikään kuin olettaa omaisten olevan vanhuksen tukena. Vaikka omaiset usein ovatkin tukena, miten perusoikeus hoivaan ja huolenpitoon toteutuu niillä vanhuksilla, joilla ei ole omaisia? Artikkeli nostaa vakavimpana omaisolettaman riskinä esiin ne vanhukset, joilla on omaisia, mutta joiden omaiset eivät osaa tai halua auttaa. Right to care and presumption of family and friends in the Finnish legislation According to Finnish legislation the public authorities must guarantee adequate social, health and medical services for those old persons who cannot obtain means necessary for a life of dignity. Yet in practice this right to receive indispensable subsistence and care often depends on the fact whether the old person happens to have family or friends to help her or him. As if the legislation supposes there are friends and family to help, even though, according to Finnish law, family members do not have legal responsibility to take care of an elderly person. This article elaborates how the right to care is guaranteed in Finnish legislation and what the law says about the responsibilities of the family. Even though most of the relatives do help their elderlies, how is the right to care fulfilled for those old persons who do not have family? Perhaps the elderlies who have family and friends, which do not help or do not know how to, are in the most vulnerable situation.

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Results of the Learning Model

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership - Improving University Reputation Through Academic Digital Branding ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4930-8.ch013 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 228-246

Author(s):

Marlo Antonio Lopez Perero ◽

Marilyn Jessennia Paredes Argudo ◽

Liliana Elizabeth Aguirre Gonzalez ◽

Ana Rosa Troya

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

Public Education ◽

Student Learning ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Learning Model ◽

Satisfaction Survey ◽

Technical Institute ◽

The Public ◽

Education Market ◽

Market Trends

The execution of the learning model based on the challenges projects, whose final activity is student learning oriented to the practice of knowledge and development of professional skills in the marketing career, is carried out thanks to agreements signed with local and national companies. This work aims to carry out a systematic review of the trends on the criteria issued based on the results of the satisfaction survey applied to 78 owners and managers of related companies, after the students socialized the results with the presentation of their projects. It is proposed to reformulate and diversify the challenges projects considering the productive matrix, the environmental impacts, as well as the market trends, which will contribute to the Higher Technical Institute of Guayaquil achieving a greater reputation in the public education market, which will lead to greater demand in the quotas of their careers.

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The Public Hearing—Your Big Moment in the Spotlight

Antenna Zoning ◽

10.1016/b978-0-240-81112-3.00012-x ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 261-286

Author(s):

Fred Hopengarten

Keyword(s):

Public Hearing ◽

The Public

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Learnings from recent offshore project proposal submissions

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj19147 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 (2) ◽

pp. 461

Author(s):

Naomi L. Kerp ◽

Claire Weller

Keyword(s):

Environmental Impacts ◽

Performance Outcomes ◽

Public Consultation ◽

Assessment Process ◽

Project Proposal ◽

The Public ◽

Regulatory Processes ◽

Project Lifecycle ◽

Made In ◽

Offshore Petroleum

The offshore project proposal (OPP) process was introduced in 2014 as part of the streamlining of regulatory processes under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 and Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 to provide for offshore petroleum developments to be assessed early in the project lifecycle. The OPP process involves the assessment of environmental impacts and risks of petroleum activities conducted over the life of an offshore project by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA). An OPP for an offshore project must be accepted by NOPSEMA before a titleholder can submit environment plans for activities that make up the offshore project. Although the OPP process is not new, it has proven complex to navigate, with four revisions to the OPP contents requirements guideline published by NOPSEMA since inception, and only three OPPs reaching the public consultation stage to date. An OPP is required to describe the offshore project; describe the environment that may be affected by the project; set out environmental performance outcomes for the project; describe feasible alternatives to the project or its activities; and evaluate environmental impacts and risks of the project. This paper provides insight to the OPP drafting, submission and assessment process, with shared key learnings based on actual examples of OPP submissions made. In particular, we will focus on the crucial elements that haven proven to make an OPP submission effective, including project aspect scoping, understanding relationships between aspects and receptors, building flexibility within set project boundaries and demonstrating acceptability.

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Theory and practice of public hearings in urban planning

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/201913503012 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 135 ◽

pp. 03012

Author(s):

Zinaida Ivanova

Keyword(s):

Urban Planning ◽

Legal Status ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Public Hearing ◽

Urban Residents ◽

Expert Interviews ◽

The Public ◽

Implementation Processes ◽

Public Hearings ◽

The Russian Federation

The author raises the issue of improving the public hearing procedure. The author analyses the established practice of public hearings in Russia, criticizes the new Urban Planning Code adopted in the Russian Federation, and expresses her concerns about the violation of its provisions regulating public hearings and discussions. These concerns are the outcome of an extensive in-depth research into the practice of public hearings, the analysis of their minutes and resolutions; the process of monitoring the course of public hearings, and sociological surveys launched among different categories of respondents in Moscow. The author analyzes the findings of the polls launched among Muscovites, as well as the expert interviews given by the deputies of the Moscow State Duma and members of urban initiative groups. The author’s conclusion is that the conversion of public hearings into an efficient public and political institute requires the reconsideration of their organization and implementation processes, let alone the assignment of a legal status to resolutions of public hearings. The author proposes a two-step public hearing model that will make it possible to expose projects to thorough expert evaluations by independent specialists and to launch extensive discussions among urban residents.

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Wildland—Urban Interface Communities' Response to Post-Fire Salvage Logging

Western Journal of Applied Forestry ◽

10.1093/wjaf/24.1.36 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 36-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robert L. Ryan ◽

Elisabeth Hamin

Keyword(s):

Focus Groups ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

Public Support ◽

Wildlife Habitat ◽

Popular Press ◽

Salvage Logging ◽

The Public ◽

For Profit ◽

Burned Areas ◽

Standing Trees

Abstract Salvage logging, the removal for profit of standing trees that have been damaged by extensive wildfires, has been quite controversial and subject to lawsuits that can delay the logging past the time in which the lumber is still useful. It has not been clear, however, whether the public that has been most affected by wildfires—those that live near burned areas—support or oppose postfire logging. In this research we use focus groups and stakeholder interviews in urban interface communities that have experienced significant wildfires to examine in some detail the perspectives these members of the public have regarding salvage logging. Public support for salvage logging in communities that have recently experienced wildfires was much stronger than hypothesized at the beginning of this study from our review of the number of unsuccessful salvage logging proposals or even popular press reports. Key reasons for supporting salvage logging were that letting useful timber rot was wasteful, that it improves the postfire aesthetics and safety of the forest, and that it can provide some income for local postfire restoration activities. Caveats include assuring that any environmental impacts, such as new roads, are mitigated postlogging, and assuring that appropriate snags are left to provide wildlife habitat.

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