BIP! Finder - Black-boxing Sustainable Development: Environmental Impact Assessment on the River Uruguay

2016 • Black-boxing Sustainable Development: Environmental Impact Assessment on the River Uruguay

Authors: Baya-Laffite, Nicolas

Venue: N/A

Type: Publication

Abstract: International audience; This chapter offers an original account of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as a technology that scripts collective action through black-boxing the politics of governance. After tracing the global trajectory of the instrument, the chapter looks at EIA struggles in the case of pulp mills on the River Uruguay. As actors seeking to halt projects because of their potential harmful impact follow the choreography of EIA, the authoritative governance script is reinforced rather than undermined. There is a tragic aspect to ... (read more)

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1.1430915E-9 2.8814349E-9 2 2

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Topics: Environmental planning Environmental resource management

DOI: 10.1057/9781137514509_11

External links: Crossref OpenAIRE

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