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diff --git a/assignment1/discussion.tex b/assignment1/discussion.tex index 443e539..164dad0 100644 --- a/assignment1/discussion.tex +++ b/assignment1/discussion.tex @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ work \parencite{practitioners}. % TODO: consideration of alternatives: how about the RMA? According to a survey of EIA practitioners \parencite{practitioners}, -the lack of central guidance on impact assessment practice makes it +the lack of central guidance on impact assessment practise makes it difficult for the assessors---planning professionals and engineers who are often minimally trained in EIA---to produce adequate assessments. The guideline presented by the Fourth Schedule of the RMA @@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ result, assessments are not seen as a means to enable affected parties and decision makers to find a well-informed compromise that is acceptable by all participants, although aiding decision-making processes is a core principle of EIA; instead, a majority of survey -participants primarily aimed to fulfill the requirements of the Fourth +participants primarily aimed to fulfil the requirements of the Fourth Schedule in preparing an AEE and was not concerned with following -international EIA best practice \parencite{practitioners}. +international EIA best practise \parencite{practitioners}. %- failure to predict important impacts -A review of constent processing performance by the Ministry for the +A review of consent processing performance by the Ministry for the Environment further revealed that councils rarely reject subpar resource consent applications as permitted by section 88(3) of the RMA; much more often faulty applications are accepted and gradually @@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ well. \subsection{Participation of the public} Although the use of objective measurements and scientific methodology -is considered EIA best practice \parencite{principles}, EIA is neither +is considered EIA best practise \parencite{principles}, EIA is neither science nor is it an objective process. As environmental impact statements are produced by project proponents with the goal to convince decision-makers of the benefits of the project in question, the report is a subjective statement or even a piece of project -advocacy \parencite{TODO}. In recognition of this inherent bias, the +advocacy \parencite{beattie}. In recognition of this inherent bias, the EIA process calls for the participation of the general public, in particular the participation of affected individuals or interest groups \parencite{wilkins}. @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ the resource consent level, however, is a different one. According to the 2010/11 survey of local authorities the New Zealand \textcite{rma-survey} carries out every two years, only about six per cent of all resource consents in the two-year period were notified in -some way, with only four per cent being publically notified (``poor +some way, with only four per cent being publicly notified (``poor provision of information''). Hence, although the public can influence the framework relative to which resource consents are evaluated, there is limited opportunity for the public to affect the outcome of the @@ -152,10 +152,10 @@ been relatively slow in publishing these national guidelines \parencite{miller2010implementing}. Although according to \textcite{sadler}, the integrated approach to EIA encouraged by the RMA should, in theory, be sufficient to establish a ``context and -parameters for susidiary EIAs, which are required for all resource use +parameters for subsidiary EIAs, which are required for all resource use consents'', due to slow implementation of the RMA ``local governments still rely on project EIA rather than undertaking policy and plan-level assessments'' (p 146). The relative lack of guiding constraints on local plans favours regional differences in the implementation of environmental management -practices \parencite[see case studies in][]{discussion}.
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\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/assignment1/main.tex b/assignment1/main.tex index 4aaef5f..df8fa1b 100644 --- a/assignment1/main.tex +++ b/assignment1/main.tex @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ In order to provide decision-makers with sufficiently detailed insight into the potential positive and negative effects of a project on the environment, the participation of all parties that would be affected by the project, as well as the participation of the general public is -explicitly encouraged \parencite{principles}. The involvment of the +explicitly encouraged \parencite{principles}. The involvement of the public in the decision-finding process is a crucial component of EIA as those responsible for the project proposal and the prediction of its impacts on the social and natural environment do not necessarily @@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ environmental acts other than the RMA \parencite{miller2010implementing}.}. The Ministry is supposed to prepare and publish national policy statements---declaring governance intent relating to issues affecting the whole country or in -fulfillment of international agreements---as well as national +fulfilment of international agreements---as well as national environmental standards (specific points of reference in the areas of -air quality, water quality, etc). +air quality, water quality, etc.). According to \textcite{furuseth}, ``among local government units, the regional councils are presented with the greatest responsibilities and @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ council that received the resource consent application may decide to involve the public by means of public notification or determine that public notification is not required when the activity is expected to only have minor effects and all affected parties agree on the -proposal \parencite{fookes}. When an application is publically +proposal \parencite{fookes}. When an application is publicly notified, the application is to be reviewed under consideration of public submissions and the results of public hearings. Participants in the public submission and hearing steps may also appeal to the |