Conflict management: its role in environmental regulation

Thesis/Dissertation · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6861840

Hall, II, R S

The implementation of public policies directed toward the protection of environmental values commonly occurs through administrative agency regulation. Conflict is common to this process as various interests come into contact through regulatory programs. The research reported in this dissertation was conducted to review theories of conflict, develop and implement an approach for regulatory conflict management, and evaluate its effects through a comparative case study analysis involving the US Army Corps of Engineers Permit Program. Evaluation efforts focused on the implementability of a designed conflict management strategy and the ability of that strategy to resolve environmental regulation conflicts. A quasi-experimental research design was employed to test four hypothesis on the effects of using the conflict management strategy in permit review and decision-making. A total of view individual cases involving similar conflict issues were studied. The conflict management strategy was applied to two of these cases. Since statistical arguments were not possible qualitative case descriptions were prepared and analyzed using data obtained through direct observation, review of permit process documentation and a questionnaire.

• Research Organization: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6861840
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290300* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment
Health
& Safety
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
ARBITRATION
DECISION MAKING
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IMPLEMENTATION
PERMITS
REGULATIONS