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2. Information communication technologies and environmental innovations in firms: joint adoptions and productivity effects
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Antonioli, Davide (author), Cecere, Grazia (author), and Mazzanti, Massimiliano (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 18 Document Number: D10503
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 61(11): 1905-1933
- Notes:
- 30 pages., via online journal., Information communication technology (ICT) and environmental innovation (EI) are relevant waves of the ongoing technological revolution. We study the complementarity in innovation adoption to test the research hypothesis that the higher the diffusion and intensity of usage of ICT and EI, the higher a firm’s productivity performance might be. However, it is not certain that the use of different innovations stemming from different innovation paths generates higher productivity. To test our hypothesis, we use original survey data concerning manufacturing firms in Northeast Italy including detailed information on both ICT and EI. Empirical evidence shows that there are still wide margins to improve the integration between EI and ICT in order to exploit their potential benefits on productivity. The awareness of specific synergies seems to mainly characterise the heavy polluting firms that are subject to more stringent environmental constraints, while some trade-offs tend to emerge for the remaining firms.
3. Towards improving strategic environmental assessment follow-up through stakeholder participation: a case of the Pasquia-Porcupine Forest Management Plan, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Gachechiladze-Bozhesku, Maia (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2012-01-01
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10633
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 55(8): 1058-1074
- Notes:
- 18 pages., via online journal., Stakeholder participation is a vital component of successful Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). SEA, an evaluation of environmental and sustainability consequences of strategic initiatives prior to their implementation, seeks to ensure that various stakeholder perspectives are considered early in the strategic decision-making process. However, once the implementation decisions are taken, are the stakeholders consulted with, or involved in, strategy implementation and SEA follow-up? If so, how can participatory processes benefit delivery of strategies and follow-up? These questions remain largely unexplored due to the conventional focus on ex ante SEA and limited knowledge about SEA follow-up. This paper explores the role and potential of stakeholder participation processes in facilitating SEA follow-up in the case of a 20-year Pasquia-Porcupine Forest Management Plan (FMP), in Saskatchewan (Canada). It explores different forms of stakeholder participation in the FMP and SEA follow-up implementation and identifies the associated benefits for SEA follow-up.
4. Understanding communicational behavior among rangelands’ stakeholders: application of social network analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Hosseininia, Gholamhossein (author), Khachak, Parisa Rafiaani (author), Nooripoor, Mehdi (author), Van Passel, Steven (author), and Azadi, Hossein (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10630
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 59(2) 320-341
- Notes:
- 23 pages., via online journal., Understanding communicational behavior of rangelands’ stakeholders is fundamental for effective development of rangeland management plans. This study aimed to understand differences between stakeholders’ relations among various actors involved in rangeland management using social network analysis (SNA). A survey was conducted on 334 stakeholders (89 extension agents, 110 researchers and 135 executive agents) in the Tehran province, Iran. Results showed that all the three groups of stakeholders are interested in making contact mainly within their own group. Furthermore, while the executive agents have shared the strongest technical and friendship relations with the two other groups, the extension agents established the strongest administrative interactions. The researchers, however, made a poor link especially with the extension agents. The study concluded that SNA could be an efficient tool to assess communicational behavior in rangeland management.
5. Analysis of uncertainty consideration in environmental assessment:an empirical study of Canadian EA practice
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lees, Juliette (author), Jaeger, Jochen A.G. (author), Gunn, Jill A.E. (author), and Noble, Bram F. (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Published:
- Taylor & Francis
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10632
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 59(11) 2024-2044
- Notes:
- 22 pages., via online journal., Identifying and communicating uncertainty is core to effective environmental assessment (EA). This study evaluates the extent to which uncertainties are considered and addressed in Canadian EA practice. We reviewed the environmental protection plans, follow-up programs, and panel reports (where applicable) of 12 EAs between 1995 and 2012. The types of uncertainties and levels of disclosure varied greatly. When uncertainties were acknowledged, practitioners adopted five different approaches to address them. However, uncertainties were never discussed or addressed in depth. We found a lack of suitable terminology and consistency in how uncertainties are disclosed, reflecting the need for explicit guidance, and we present recommendations for improvement. Canadian Environmental Impact Statements are not as transparent with respect to uncertainties as they should be, and uncertainties in EA need to be better considered and communicated.
6. “They give you lots of information, but ignore what it's really about”: residents' experiences with the planned introduction of a new high-voltage power line
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Lenzen, Manfred (author), Lundie, Sven (author), Bransgrove, Grant (author), Charet, Lisa (author), and Sack, Fabian (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2010
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10638
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 46(1): 113-141
- Notes:
- 30 pages., via online journal., Faced with the task of communicating their combined social, environmental and economic impact, water service providers are seeking to report overall performance in an aggregated way. Such a methodology must be scientifically robust, easily communicated and allow benchmarking of performance while reflecting a transition towards sustainability. In this paper the ecological footprint (EF) is calculated for Sydney Water Corporation (SWC), using input–output analysis and land disturbance in an innovative approach that overcomes problems identified in the original EF concept. This pilot study has allowed SWC to gain some valuable insights into its impacts: SWC’s annual EF is about 73 100 ha in terms of land disturbance. Of this, 54 000 ha are projected to become disturbed as a consequence of climate change, with the remainder of 19 100 ha being disturbed on SWC’s premises (2400 ha) and on those of upstream suppliers (16 700 ha). Total on-site impacts equal 9300 ha, while indirect land disturbance contributes 63 600 ha. The EF appears promising as an educational and communication tool and may have potential as a decision support tool. However, further research is needed to incorporate downstream impacts into the EF, which would have significant benefits to SWC in terms of assessing and communicating the organization’s overall progress towards sustainability.
7. Need for a wind of change? use of offshore wind messages by stakeholders and the media in Germany and their effects on public acceptance
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Schmidt, Adriane (author)
- Format:
- Online journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2015-12
- Published:
- Elsevier
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 32 Document Number: D10636
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Environmental Planning and Management
- Journal Title Details:
- 60(8): 1391–1411
- Notes:
- 22 pages., via online journal., This study investigates German news media coverage and PR material of offshore wind stakeholders from industry, politics, science and civil society thoroughly to provide insights about offshore wind benefits and risks communicated frequently and rarely to the public. By comparative analyses, differences between stakeholder and media messages are revealed: while stakeholders strongly focused on the supportive argument relevance of offshore wind for the energy turnaround, the media often discussed the negative impacts higher costs and delays in grid connection. Furthermore, the influence of offshore wind arguments on acceptance is measured within a survey representative of the German population. With these results, it can be assessed how far influential arguments were presented and which messages have been used frequently despite their low impact. Disruptions to viewscapes, limitation of commercial fishing areas, and hazards to shipping proved to be effective a