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Maria Sakellari - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Free-Choice Learning Suited to Women's Participation Needs in Environmental Decision-Making Processes.
Environmental Education Research, 2012Co-Authors: Constantina Skanavis, Maria SakellariAbstract:United Nations mandates recognize the need to promote the full participation of women in Environmental Decision-Making processes on the basis of gender equality. But, there remains a profound lack of effective women’s participation in some sectors of Environmental Decision-Making. Free-choice Environmental learning offers an effective educational process for encouraging and developing such participation. This study outlines the shifts in and possibilities for women in Environmental Decision-Making processes in and beyond Western and Northern contexts, and proposes free-choice learning as a pathway to furthering women’s participation.
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Gender and sustainable tourism: women's participation in the Environmental Decision-Making process.
European Journal of Tourism Research, 2008Co-Authors: Constantina Skanavis, Maria SakellariAbstract:IntroductionTourism represents an important means of development for many countries. But it can also have negative impacts, such as disrupting social structures, harming the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, and threatening natural and cultural heritage. Environmental education can encourage Environmental behavior and participation in the Decision-Making process in sustaining the development of tourism. In 2007, the 4th International Conference on Environmental education was held in Ahmedabad, India. The participants recommended changes in several areas of thinking and practice, among them changing participation patterns and practices, using education to help empower and encourage people to actively participate in civil society and the development of capacity for democratic participation in earth governance. The conference also called for greater participation in sustainability practices through integrated communication between educators, the media, communities, men and women, youth groups and other stakeholders1.Citizen participation in Environmental Decision-Making is of vital importance in securing a good quality of life. Local communities know best what alternate solutions should be implemented for appropriate management of their area (Skanavis et al., 2005). This study looks at the way to encourage more women to actively participate in Environmental Decision-Making at all levels. Among them is the facilitation and promotion of the education of women and increasing women's access to information. The rise of women's role in the tourism industry as well as the greater recognition of men and women interdependence, conflicts, and value differences in tourism development, Environmentalism, citizen participant's motivations, preferred participation process characteristics and process evaluation criteria is essential, in order to encourage women's participation in the Environmental Decision-Making process towards sustainable development of tourism industry. This study will examine the special role that women possess in the development of sustainable tourism. In this framework the following will be examined:1. The relationship between gender and tourism, in order to identify men and women value difference on tourism development.2. The role of Environmental education towards citizen participation, in order to emphasize its importance for women's successful participation in the Environmental Decision Making process.3. Women-Environmentalism relationship, in order to detect which characteristics make women participate in Environmental protection and restoration.Gender and Environmental issues in tourism developmentAccording to Skanavis et al. (2004), there exist two types of relationships between tourism and the environment, a symbiotic one and a competitive one. In the symbiotic relation the environment and the tourism coexist harmoniously and to an extent they complement each other. Human activities do not degrade the natural environment; on the contrary they strengthen it resulting in mutual benefit.In the competitive relation of tourism and environment, the conflict of these two is presented as economic and anthropogenic activity trying to dominate over the environment and to lead to its degradation through the uncontrolled growth of tourist activities. Some of the most widespread cases of these are: sea pollution from the maritime transport, disposal of unrefined or defectively processed sewage, the quality of land from the uncontrolled disposal of waste, the geomorphology due to extensive building and creation of infrastructure networks, the flora, fauna and generally in the natural ecosystems from the various land uses, the loss of natural ecosystems, the exhaustive fishery, the removal of fauna, due to noise pollution or deforestation, the exhaustion of available quantity of aquatic potential due to the abrupt and increased consumption combined with the reduction of permeability of grounds (UNEP, 1995). …
Igor Linkov - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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application of multicriteria Decision analysis in Environmental Decision Making
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 2005Co-Authors: Gregory A Kiker, Todd S Bridges, Arun Varghese, Thomas P P Seager, Igor LinkovAbstract:Decision Making in Environmental projects can be complex and seemingly intractable, principally because of the inherent trade-offs between sociopolitical, Environmental, ecological, and economic factors. The selection of appropriate remedial and abatement strategies for contaminated sites, land use planning, and regulatory processes often involves multiple additional criteria such as the distribution of costs and benefits, Environmental impacts for different populations, safety, ecological risk, or human values. Some of these criteria cannot be easily condensed into a monetary value, partly because Environmental concerns often involve ethical and moral principles that may not be related to any economic use or value. Furthermore, even if it were possible to aggregate multiple criteria rankings into a common unit, this approach would not always be desirable because the ability to track conflicting stakeholder preferences may be lost in the process. Consequently, selecting from among many different alternatives often involves Making trade-offs that fail to satisfy 1 or more stakeholder groups. Nevertheless, considerable research in the area of multicriteria Decision analysis (MCDA) has made available practical methods for applying scientific Decision theoretical approaches to complex multicriteria problems. This paper presents a review of the available literature and provides recommendations for applying MCDA techniques in Environmental projects. A generalized framework for Decision analysis is proposed to highlight the fundamental ingredients for more structured and tractable Environmental Decision Making.
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comparative risk assessment and Environmental Decision Making
2005Co-Authors: Igor Linkov, Abou Bakr RamadanAbstract:Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Comparative Risk Assessment: Past Experience, Current Trends and Future Directions C.J. Andrews, et al. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A Framework for Structuring Remedial Decisions at Contaminated Sites I. Linkov, et al. 1: Comparative Risk Assessment: Methods, Tools and Applications. Using Comparative Exposure Analysis to Validate Low-Dose Human Health Risk Assessment: The Case of Perchlorate R.B. Belzer, et al. Comparison of Risks from Use of Traditional and Recycled Road Construction Materials: Accounting for Variability in Contaminant Release Estimates D.S. Apul, et al. Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides in Nepal and Hindukush-Himalaya Region S. Schumann. A Comparative Risk Approach to Assessing Point-of-Use Water Treatment Systems in Developing Countries A. Varghese. Risk-Based Evaluation on the Surface Cover Technology of a Red Sludge Waste Disposal Site in Hungary T. Madarasz. Towards a More Coherent Regional Environment Agenda in the Middle East: Exploring the Role of Comparative Assessment A. Tal. Lessons from the New Jersey Comparative Risk Project C.J. Andrews. A Proposed Framework for Multinational Comparative Risk Analysis: Pesticide Use, Impacts and Management Reports of the Comparative Risk Assessment Methods Workgroup. 2: Environmental Decision Making. The Value of Information for Conflict Resolution M.J. Small. Integrated Assessment Modeling L.J. Valverde Jr. Classification Schemes for Priority Setting and Decision Making J.A. Shatkin, S. Qian. Uncertainty as a Resource in Risk Comparisons D. Hassenzahl. Incorporation Habitat Characterization into Risk-Trace Software for Spatially Explicit Exposure Assessment I. Linkov, et al. Use of GIS as a Supporting Tool for Environmental Risk Assessment and Emergency Response Plans S. Girgin, et al. Integrated Risk Analysis for Sustainable Water Resources Management J. Ganoulis. Overcoming Uncertainties in Risk Analysis: Trade-Offs among Methods of Uncertainty Analysis Y. Elshayeb. Comparative Risk Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment: Similarity in Quantitative Methods M. Bobylev. Combining Expert Judgement and Stakeholder Values with PROMETHEE: A Case Study in Contaminated Sediments Management S.H. Rogers, et al. Analysis in Support of Environmental Decision Making Report of the Working Group on Environmental Decision Making. 3: Case Studies in Risk Assessment and Environmental Decision Making. Water Quality Challenges Facing Egypt S.T. Abdel-Gawad. Risk Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Pesticides A.M. Attia. The Role of Air Pollutants and Sewage Waste on Acceleration of Degradation of Islamic Cultural Heritage of Cairo A.A. El-Metwally, A.B. Ramadan. Irrigation with Treated Wastewater in Israel - Assessment of Environmental Aspects N. Haruvy. The Environment Sector in Jordan B. Hayek. Comparative Risk Assessment for Homogeneous and Nonhomogeneous Mammalian Populations Exposed to Low Level Radiation O.A. Smirnova. Risk Assessment of the Influence of Anthropogenic Factors on Human Safety and Health A. Kachinski. Environmental Risk Prevention and Environment Management in Lithuanian Military Lands G. Ignatavicius. Environmental Risk Management Issues in Romania - Economic Information Policy in a Transition Period I. Andreas. A Brief History of Risk Assessment and Management after the Seveso Accident G.U. Fortunati. List of Participants. Author Index.
Henning Sten Hansen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Geographic information and public participation in Environmental Decision-Making
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2004Co-Authors: Henning Sten HansenAbstract:The protection and enhancement of the environment is the main aim of most Environmental Decision-Making processes, and the use of geographic information as well as public participation can improve the quality of both the processes and the Decisions. The current paper describes the use of geographic information in Environmental Decision-Making and gives an overview over the various approaches to public participation. Finally, the methods and techniques is illustrated by experiences from practical wind turbine planning in Northern Jutland County, Denmark.
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EGOV - Geographic information and public participation in Environmental Decision-Making
Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2004Co-Authors: Henning Sten HansenAbstract:The protection and enhancement of the environment is the main aim of most Environmental Decision-Making processes, and the use of geographic information as well as public participation can improve the quality of both the processes and the Decisions. The current paper describes the use of geographic information in Environmental Decision-Making and gives an overview over the various approaches to public participation. Finally, the methods and techniques is illustrated by experiences from practical wind turbine planning in Northern Jutland County, Denmark.
Constantina Skanavis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Free-Choice Learning Suited to Women's Participation Needs in Environmental Decision-Making Processes.
Environmental Education Research, 2012Co-Authors: Constantina Skanavis, Maria SakellariAbstract:United Nations mandates recognize the need to promote the full participation of women in Environmental Decision-Making processes on the basis of gender equality. But, there remains a profound lack of effective women’s participation in some sectors of Environmental Decision-Making. Free-choice Environmental learning offers an effective educational process for encouraging and developing such participation. This study outlines the shifts in and possibilities for women in Environmental Decision-Making processes in and beyond Western and Northern contexts, and proposes free-choice learning as a pathway to furthering women’s participation.
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Gender and sustainable tourism: women's participation in the Environmental Decision-Making process.
European Journal of Tourism Research, 2008Co-Authors: Constantina Skanavis, Maria SakellariAbstract:IntroductionTourism represents an important means of development for many countries. But it can also have negative impacts, such as disrupting social structures, harming the socio-cultural authenticity of host communities, and threatening natural and cultural heritage. Environmental education can encourage Environmental behavior and participation in the Decision-Making process in sustaining the development of tourism. In 2007, the 4th International Conference on Environmental education was held in Ahmedabad, India. The participants recommended changes in several areas of thinking and practice, among them changing participation patterns and practices, using education to help empower and encourage people to actively participate in civil society and the development of capacity for democratic participation in earth governance. The conference also called for greater participation in sustainability practices through integrated communication between educators, the media, communities, men and women, youth groups and other stakeholders1.Citizen participation in Environmental Decision-Making is of vital importance in securing a good quality of life. Local communities know best what alternate solutions should be implemented for appropriate management of their area (Skanavis et al., 2005). This study looks at the way to encourage more women to actively participate in Environmental Decision-Making at all levels. Among them is the facilitation and promotion of the education of women and increasing women's access to information. The rise of women's role in the tourism industry as well as the greater recognition of men and women interdependence, conflicts, and value differences in tourism development, Environmentalism, citizen participant's motivations, preferred participation process characteristics and process evaluation criteria is essential, in order to encourage women's participation in the Environmental Decision-Making process towards sustainable development of tourism industry. This study will examine the special role that women possess in the development of sustainable tourism. In this framework the following will be examined:1. The relationship between gender and tourism, in order to identify men and women value difference on tourism development.2. The role of Environmental education towards citizen participation, in order to emphasize its importance for women's successful participation in the Environmental Decision Making process.3. Women-Environmentalism relationship, in order to detect which characteristics make women participate in Environmental protection and restoration.Gender and Environmental issues in tourism developmentAccording to Skanavis et al. (2004), there exist two types of relationships between tourism and the environment, a symbiotic one and a competitive one. In the symbiotic relation the environment and the tourism coexist harmoniously and to an extent they complement each other. Human activities do not degrade the natural environment; on the contrary they strengthen it resulting in mutual benefit.In the competitive relation of tourism and environment, the conflict of these two is presented as economic and anthropogenic activity trying to dominate over the environment and to lead to its degradation through the uncontrolled growth of tourist activities. Some of the most widespread cases of these are: sea pollution from the maritime transport, disposal of unrefined or defectively processed sewage, the quality of land from the uncontrolled disposal of waste, the geomorphology due to extensive building and creation of infrastructure networks, the flora, fauna and generally in the natural ecosystems from the various land uses, the loss of natural ecosystems, the exhaustive fishery, the removal of fauna, due to noise pollution or deforestation, the exhaustion of available quantity of aquatic potential due to the abrupt and increased consumption combined with the reduction of permeability of grounds (UNEP, 1995). …
Thomas C Beierle - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Innovations in Public Participation and Environmental Decision Making: Examples from the Great Lakes Region
Society & Natural Resources, 2001Co-Authors: David M. Konisky, Thomas C BeierleAbstract:Public participation has become a standard component of Environmental Decision-Making processes. Frequently used methods of public involvement, such as public comments and hearings, however, are to...