Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making: the Case of Bor and Pancevo - Challenges of participatory approach to environmental governance

Petrović, Mina and Petrović, Irena and Vesković Anđelković, Milica and Petrović, Jelisaveta (2012) Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making: the Case of Bor and Pancevo - Challenges of participatory approach to environmental governance. [Study]

Study description

The project is based on focus group techniques with the aim to attain further insight into the environmental governance capacities of key stakeholders in Bor and Pancevo. Conceptually, it relies on the concept of new environmental governance and two types of environmental activism: Transactional and participatory. The attitudes and behaviors of citizens, representatives of local government (public sector), civil society organizations (CSOs), experts, the media and industry (key pollutants) were in the focus of the research. The first phase of the research aimed at identifying the key obstacles, as perceived by the stakeholders, to the implementation of the participatory model of environmental governance in the two towns. The objective of the second phase was, by using the technique of focus group interviews, to gain insight into whether, when and how different local actors see opportunities to overcome existing obstacles to the participatory model of environmental governance.

Keywords:	Serbia, ecology, environmental governance capacities, transactional activism, participatory activism
Depositing User:	Jelena Banovic
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2019 12:40
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2019 12:40
URI:	http://dcs.ien.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/48
Additional details Additional details Alternative title: Javno učešće u donošenju odluka o zaštiti okoline: slučaj Bora i Pančeva - Izazovi participativnog pristupa uprave za zaštitu okoline Creators: Creators Email Petrović, Mina UNSPECIFIED Petrović, Irena UNSPECIFIED Vesković Anđelković, Milica UNSPECIFIED Petrović, Jelisaveta UNSPECIFIED Type of data: quantitative data Study period: From To 1 July 2011 30 June 2012 Temporal coverage: From To 2011 2012 Date: 18 August 2012 Geographic coverage: Cities Bor and Pančevo in Serbia Study method: During the first year of the project, the research team obtained data via questionnaires, completed by citizens, and interviews with key local actors (local authorities, NGOs, professionals, media, and economic actors) in Bor and Pančevo. In the second year, the research team worked on focus group interviews in order to gain more insight into possible ways one may overcome the perceived obstacles in effective partnership roles with local environmental governance. Resource language: Serbian Metadata language: Serbian Publisher: UK Data Archive Copyright holders: RRPP Contact email address: vukelic.jelisaveta@gmail.com Last Modified: 22 Oct 2019 12:40