A step-by-step guide connecting theory to practice
Environmental Conflict Management introduces students to the research and practice of environmental conflict and provides a step-by-step process for engaging stakeholders and other interested parties in the management of environmental disputes. In each chapter, authors Dr. Tracylee Clarke and Dr. Tarla Rai Peterson first introduce a specific concept or process step and then provide exercises, worksheets, role-plays, and brief case studies so students can directly apply what they are learning. The appendix includes six additional extended case studies for further analysis. In addition to providing practical steps for understanding and managing conflict, the text identifies the most relevant laws and policies to help students make more informed decisions. Students will develop techniques for public involvement and community outreach, strategies for effective meeting management, approaches to negotiating options and methodologies for communicating concerns and working through differences, and outlines for implementing and evaluating strategies for sustaining positive community relations.
Table of Content
1. Introduction to Environmental Conflict Management
2. Collaborative Approaches to Environmental Conflict
3. Environmental Law and Policy
4. Initiating a Process
5. Conflict Assessment
6. Design: Stakeholder Process
7. Design: Public Involvement Process
8. Working with Stakeholders
9. Policy Development
10. Communication Capacity Building
11. Implementation and Evaluation
12. Sustaining Community Relations
Appendix A. Application Case Studies
Case Study 1. Sandspit Watershed Committee
Case Study 2. Woodpecker County Water Supply
Case Study 3. North Umqua Hydroelectric Relicensing
Case Study 4. Cyprinus Lake Phosphorous TMDL
Case Study 5. Hedgehog Mountain Ski Resort
Case Study 6. Wolf Reintroduction in the State of Minnesota
About the author
Dr. Tarla Rai Peterson is a professor of Communication at the University of Texas, El Paso. She also serves as a guest professor of Environmental Communication at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and as an Adjunct Professor of Communication at the University of Utah. Dr. Peterson has published several books on communication, technology and the environment as well as numerous research articles on environmental conflict and public participation in environmental policy-making. Her research program explores how the intersections between communication, democratic practice and policy enable/constrain policy options and public life. She values classroom teaching, and serves as a faculty mentor for graduate teaching assistants. She has developed an active Theory to Practice program that includes design and evaluation of best practices for facilitating public participation in environmental policy planning and implementation. The program is centered on the critical role of communication in facilitating the emergence and operation of sustainable environmental policy. Dr. Peterson’s most recent books examine conflict surrounding housing (The Housing Bomb, published by Johns Hopkins University Press) and energy (Smart Grid [R]Evolution, published by Cambridge University Press) policy. She has worked with environmental conflict in a variety of locations including Australia, El Salvador, India, Mexico, Sweden, and the United States.
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