Challenges for social impact assessment in coastal regions: A case study of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project
Challenges for social impact assessment in coastal regions: A case study of the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project
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沿海地区社会影响评估面临的挑战：以苫小牧 CCS 示范项目为例
DOI：
10.1016/j.marpol.2017.06.015
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发表时间：
2017
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影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Z. Xue
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作者：
L. Mabon;J. Kita;Z. Xue
本文以日本北海道的Tomakomai碳捕集与封存（CCS）示范项目为例，对沿海和近海基础设施项目的社会影响评价（SIA）面临的挑战进行了评估。对SIA和相关概念（如社会运营许可证）的兴趣正在增长，但海洋环境也有可能增加项目治理的复杂性。借鉴在Tomakomai和日本进行的定性研究，更广泛地在项目开发和实施阶段，本文认为，建立社区，工业和海洋之间的社会，文化和历史关系的理解是至关重要的理解的中立或谨慎支持的公民和利益相关者在Tomakomai项目的反应。此外，沿海地区有效的SIA需要找到一种方法来解释--或至少使之可见--社会与海洋之间的复杂关系。根据调查结果，建议沿海地区监督SIA的开发商或政策制定者应格外关注社区在多大程度上将CCS等开发视为“新”开发，而不是继续海上现有活动;项目运营阶段参与监测的重要性;以及社区和利益攸关方可能从海洋获得的自豪感和身份等非经济价值。
This paper assesses challenges for social impact assessment (SIA) for coastal and offshore infrastructure projects, using the case study of the Tomakomai Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Demonstration Project in Hokkaido, Japan. Interest in SIA and linked concepts such as social licence to operate is growing, yet marine environments also have potential to raise additional complexity in project governance. Drawing on qualitative research conducted in Tomakomai and Japan more widely across the project development and implementation phase, the paper argues that building an understanding of the social, cultural and historical relationship between the community, industry and the sea is crucial to understanding the neutral or cautiously supportive response of the citizens and stakeholders in Tomakomai to the project. Moreover, effective SIA in coastal regions needs to find a way to account for – or at least make visible – these complex relations between society and the sea. Based on the findings, it is suggested that developers or policymakers overseeing SIA in coastal regions ought to pay extra attention to the extent to which developments like CCS are viewed by communities as 'new' as opposed to a continuation of existing activities in the sea; to the importance of engagement on monitoring during the project operations phase; and to the non-economic values such as pride and identity which communities and stakeholders may derive from the sea.