Public Participation in Rural Communities: The Challenge for Improving Environmental Decisions
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Public Participation in Rural Communities: The Challenge for Improving Environmental Decisions Heather Arata PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley City and Regional Planning Rural Sociology Society, 2014
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Presentation from the 2014 Rural Sociological Society conference in New Orleans, LA.
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Public Participation in Rural Communities: The Challenge for Improving
Environmental Decisions
Heather Arata
PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley
City and Regional Planning
Rural Sociology Society, 2014
Agenda
• Public Participation
• Kettleman City
• Challenges
• Preliminary Findings
Why rural areas?
Why public participation?
Public Participation
Case Study: Kettleman City
Timeline
1929- Standard Oil 1969- NEPA 1970- CEQA 1977- Waste Management 1984- Cerrell Report 1988- Incinerator Planned 1991- Incinerator Lawsuit 2008- Expansion Applied 2008- Greenaction Health Study 2013- Expansion Approved
Challenges
• Unincorporated • Language/education/information • Spatial • Multiple simultaneous meetings
Other Challenges
• Limited definitions
• Enforcement
• The exclusion of difference from the process
Preliminary Findings
• Availability
• Accessibility
• Accountability
Conclusion
• Different barriers in different places
• Structural and individual challenges
• Challenges are exacerbated in rural areas
Questions?
