Industrial pollution, spatial stigma and economic decline: the case of Asopos river basin through the lens of local small business owners

Skouloudis, Antonis; Jones, Nicola; Roumeliotis, Spyridon; Issac, David; Greig, Alison; Evangelinos, Konstantinos

doi:10.1080/09640568.2016.1243519

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“…The literature on stakeholder participation and engagement contends that dialogue is a more advanced stage than mere disclosure in the firms' commitment to its stakeholders (Bowen et al, 2010;Rowe and Frewer, 2000;Oxley Green and Hunton-Clarke, 2003). In general, all processes that involve dialogue may help to improve a company's or industry's environmental policy, to reduce conflict between parties, to implement better problem-solving processes, with flexibility and readiness, and as a result to build trust (Cavazza and Rubichi, 2014;Jahansoozi, 2006;Petts, 2008;Skouloudis et al, 2016;Wynne, 2006). Hence, firms' greater involvement with and commitment to the local community, manifested through more dialogue and proactivity in communication policies, can also contribute to explain the lower level of risk perception among the Tarragona residents.…”

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Firm-local community relationships in polluting industrial agglomerations: How firms' commitment determines residents' perceptions

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Tortosa-Edo

Castán-Broto

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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This research contributes to the literature on the management of firm-local community relationships in polluting industrial agglomerations. Taking as reference a previous quantitative study on residents' perceptions of economic benefits and risk in the vicinity of two Spanish petrochemical complexes (Castellón and Tarragona), the aim of this paper is to analyse how companies in the two areas have built and manage, individually and collectively, their relations with the local community, while assessing the extent to which a more committed management has resulted in a more favourable perception by the public. For this purpose, we conducted indepth interviews with managers of the main companies on the two sites. The results show different patterns of behaviour by firms in the two industrial agglomerations. Companies located in the area of Tarragona, where citizens' perceptions were more favourable, have historically been more committed to building stronger socioeconomic links with the local community and encouraging a sense of community, and to making greater efforts to engage local residents through a process of dialogue. Moreover, the existence of a collective strategy in Tarragona, coordinated through a local industry association, has also played an important role in facilitating the industry's relationship with the local community. The findings of the study suggest the need to consider the industrial agglomeration and the firms' collective actions in research on relationships with the local community alongside actions by individual companies.

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Firm-local community relationships in polluting industrial agglomerations: How firms' commitment determines residents' perceptions

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Tortosa-Edo

Castán-Broto

2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…As a result, certain parts of the river, especially the area near the industrial estates and towards the coast, are highly contaminated (Panagopoulos et al 2015;Matiatos 2016;Sazakli et al 2016). This has led to significant environmentally induced stigmatization (Skouloudis et al 2016).…”

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Exploring the role of local community perceptions in sustainability measurements

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Malesios

Aloupi

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ec

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Measuring sustainability is an integral part of decision-making processes in order to promote sustainable development. The present paper focuses on sustainability indicators as these are measured on local level and explores two main issues: firstly, the subjective measurement of indicators focusing especially on social dimensions of sustainability, secondly, the incorporation of local perceptions in sustainability assessments. These two issues are explored in the Asopos River basin in Greece, an area where significant environmental degradation has been observed in the past decades and is also under financial pressure due to the ongoing national recession. A large-scale research study was conducted measuring environmental, economic and social indicators while, at a second stage, a model was developed, estimating new indicators that incorporate local communities' perceptions on what they considered as important for their area. The results of the study reveal that the most important indicators for the sustainable development of the area, according to locals' perceptions, are environmental quality as well as quality of life. By contrast, trust in local and central institutions and also local enterprises were not considered as important by locals. These results illustrate the importance of combining global and national scale assessment with locally focused social measurements of sustainability in order to better understand what is important for local communities prior to embarking on public policy planning.

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“…In both instances, steps were taken to benefit from the useful application of policies (Law, 1997). Skouloudis et al (2017) developed that the environment generates environmental prejudice by analyzing perceptions and perspectives on environmental pollution and water quality throughout the specific setting. It also explored the ramifications of policy and management concerns of the conclusions, together with potential opportunities for studies that seek to improve the situation for local growth of sustainable practices (Skouloudis et al, 2017).…”

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Sustaining the Environment: A case study of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

Nazrul¹,

Rahman²

2021

IJARBSS

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Introduction: Garment industry is one of the leading manufacturing sectors and plays a significant role in improving social, financial impact, building employment and exporting in developed economies in Bangladesh. Nevertheless, textiles are accused of being one of the most genetically dangerous industries, especially to the environment because it also produces waste, not just for clothing production and use. Thus, many scholars have recognized how important it is to explore a better environment for effective utilization in these sectors. Objective: This review paper explores the Garment industry's sustainability environment's evolution and examined how its Management can play a pioneering role in staying so long. Method: This review paper involved with secondary data which are collected from journal, proceedings, books and social media using the keywords of "garment industry" and "sustainable waste management and strategies in the garments industry". Articles with key words in its titles or abstract were selected. This was done for articles published mainly in 2015-2020. Results: In mitigating its adverse environmental impacts, the textile company has made many measures to counter it. Each of these measures is the recycling and replication of waste fibers. Recycling methods may be used with thermal and biological techniques. Textile processing improves sustainable health and decreases the market for technical textiles, eliminates waste requirements, reduces energy demand and water emissions. Conclusion: Sustainable Waste Management and Strategies is very crucial in the garments Industry. Thus, advertising plans and procedures must improve consumer loyalty and encourage manufacturers' use of recycled waste in new products.

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Industrial pollution, spatial stigma and economic decline: the case of Asopos river basin through the lens of local small business owners

Cited by 9 publications

References 69 publications

Firm-local community relationships in polluting industrial agglomerations: How firms' commitment determines residents' perceptions

Firm-local community relationships in polluting industrial agglomerations: How firms' commitment determines residents' perceptions

Exploring the role of local community perceptions in sustainability measurements

Sustaining the Environment: A case study of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

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