Different Roles'' viewpoint and interaction in Environmental Dispute –A Case Study from Lin-neiIncinerator Dispute

• Main Authors: Yu-Lung Su, 蘇俞龍
• Other Authors: Chung-chiang Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2005
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00020450721563459297

碩士 === 南華大學 === 環境管理研究所 === 93 === 　　The environmental dispute among stakeholders on the siting problem of notorious facilities for waste treatments took place very often in the past, and as a consequence these conflicts leads to environmental disputes which caused high lose in social costs. In general, a policy planner (central government) considers all the stakeholder’s (regions) interests and determines the social optimality by maximizing the social welfares constituting of all theses regions. In contrast, local residents care about only the interests relating with the local community itself. We present a mathematical model to analyze the policy gap between the policy planner and the local residents. On the side, we employ the method of case studies to analyze the environmental dispute. The case of environmental disputes on the project of Lin-Nei incinerator construction is examined. The major purpose is to investigate the role and power relationship of the players in the dispute. At first, we based on content analysis and the methodology by Bryant（1996, 1998）to identify the players in this dispute and to classify four roles by Bredariol (2003). Through a series of in-depth interview with the players in the dispute and the stakeholders in the conflict, we analyze factors to affect the formation of the dispute and to examine the power relationship among each players and related stakeholders. The results of our analysis find that the optimal waste disposal capacity and pollution emission for the policy planner (Q* , e* ) is greater than local residents demand ( q#, e# ). We suggest that the policy gap maybe the cause of environmental conflicts and political party is a potential factors in the dispute. The results of the analysis can serve as a guideline for the policy planner to incorporate the stakeholder’s perspectives in formulating environmental policies and may provide valuable information for a policy planner to avoid the emergence of environmental disputes before policy setting.