Issue definition and conflict expansion: the role of risk to human health as an issue definition strategy in an environmental conflict

Thorn, Adam

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“…Researchers have identified framing as a key element of risk communication and policymaking (e.g., Allan et al, 2010 ; Lawlor & Crow, 2018 ; Thorn, 2018 ). Research has explored framing strategies for multiple sources of risks, including diseases (e.g., Klemm et al 2016 ; Sell et al, 2018 ), synthetic chemicals (Pralle, 2006 ; Raymond & Olive, 2009 ), energy technologies (Pidgeon et al, 2008 ; Pralle and Bosarino 2011 ), climate change (Bilandzic et al, 2017 ; Nisbet & Newman, 2015 ; Spence & Pidgeon, 2010 ; Weathers and Kendall, 2016 ), geoengineering and carbon capture and storage (Raimi et al, 2019 ; Thomas et al, 2018 ), nanotechnology (Allan et al, 2010 ), and natural disasters (Lawlor & Crow, 2018 ).…”

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“…Some work in this tradition focuses on how the media chooses risk frames, (e.g., Dan & Raupp, 2018 ; Lawlor & Crow, 2018 ), while others have looked specifically at the framing choices of policy advocates and decision-makers (e.g., Thorn, 2018 ; Tickner, 2002 ). Our study contributes to the latter body of work by focusing on the framing choices of public officials.…”

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Trade-offs versus reassurance: framing competing risks in the 2016 Zika outbreak

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Environmental threats increasingly entail important risks from government responses. In considering the risks of a new vector-borne disease, for example, decision-makers must also grapple with potential risks from responses such as the aerial spraying of pesticides. In communicating about these complex risks, public officials often choose different “frames” that promote different conceptualizations of the issue. Yet prior research has paid limited attention to how public officials frame the related risks of the environmental threat and the public response. This paper starts to fill that gap by conducting a content analysis of statements by public officials regarding risks from the threat of a local outbreak of the Zika virus in South Florida in 2016, as well as risks from the response of aerial pesticide spraying. Based on limited prior research, we hypothesize that public officials are likely to have adopted a “risk maximization” frame that stressed the high risks from exposure to Zika, but a “risk trade-off” frame when discussing aerial spraying. In actuality, we find that officials strongly favored a “reassurance” frame that downplayed both types of risks. Based on this analysis, we suggest framing strategies for disease outbreaks and other threats with potentially risky government responses may vary significantly depending on local contexts and that the South Florida experience was a missed opportunity to test the strategy of trade-off framing.

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“…This is based on the judgment of cultural and value factors [55]. Public perceived risks of NIMBY facilities mainly concentrate on four aspects: Safety and health risks [56], environmental risks, benefits risks and reputation risks [57].…”

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Bayesian-Based NIMBY Crisis Transformation Path Discovery for Municipal Solid Waste Incineration in China

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Environmental conflicts have been a top global focus and issue for human’s sustainable development. China is confronted with a serious situation with a rigid demand of ecological governance, in which the “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY) crisis outbreaks frequently. NIMBY has a great impact on government management and social stability. This study aims to analyze the NIMBY crisis transformation path for municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) in China. Considering environmental, social and economic influences, this study seeks to find methods of transforming dangers into opportunities. A conceptual framework for realizing the NIMBY crisis transformation in waste management decision-making was conducted with a hybrid approach. A fishbone diagram was applied to explain the key factors of NIMBY crisis transformation for MSWI. Integrating Bayesian network structure discovery and co-word analysis into a qualitative analysis, searched data and key factors from a literature search engine with specific themes were used for structure learning. The results showed that project location, benefit compensation, publicity and education, public decision, public participation, the rule of law and multiple governance have distinct influences on the NIMBY crisis transformation process in China. In summary, the conceptual framework describes the complex process of NIMBY crisis transformation and helps to deepen data mining for municipal solid waste management (MSWM).

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Evolutionary game analysis of stakeholder behavior strategies in ‘Not in My Backyard’ conflicts: Effect of the intervention by environmental Non-Governmental Organizations

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Issue definition and conflict expansion: the role of risk to human health as an issue definition strategy in an environmental conflict

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Trade-offs versus reassurance: framing competing risks in the 2016 Zika outbreak

Trade-offs versus reassurance: framing competing risks in the 2016 Zika outbreak

Bayesian-Based NIMBY Crisis Transformation Path Discovery for Municipal Solid Waste Incineration in China

Evolutionary game analysis of stakeholder behavior strategies in ‘Not in My Backyard’ conflicts: Effect of the intervention by environmental Non-Governmental Organizations

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