Weighing science and politics in local decision making about hazards |
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Authors: | Sarah Michaels |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Geography, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | As a step towards understanding how local environemntal hazards policy is made, this article explores how Canadian local elected
officials gained and assimilated scientific and technical information about the environmental hazards facing their communities.
Consistent with previous work in the hazards field, three of Weiss’s (1979) meanings of research utilization were found to
be directly applicable. The elected officials expressed the view that reconciling conflicting expert opinion and competing
concerns was more difficult and more rightly their responsibility than gathering information. This research demonstrates the
utility of focus groups for interviewing elite populations making community scale decisions.
Her current research interest in knowledge utilization is the adoption of innovative approaches to environmental policy implementation
among regional authorities. |
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