Public hearing or 'hearing public'? An evaluation of the participation of local stakeholders in environmental impact assessment of ghana's jubilee oil fields

Environmental Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 385-397

  Bawole, Justice Nyigmah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; Ghana; Keywords: Stakeholder; Public hearing; Public participation; Social legitimacy and license

Indexed keywords

GHANA; KEYWORDS: STAKEHOLDER; PUBLIC HEARINGS; PUBLIC PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL LEGITIMACY AND LICENSE;

ABSTRACTING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; OIL FIELDS;

AUDITION;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; OIL FIELD; STAKEHOLDER;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY INTEGRATION; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GHANA; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INTERVIEW; LAW; LICENCE; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; ORGANIZATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MALE; PETROLEUM; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

GHANA;

EID: 84880818289     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-013-0086-9     Document Type: Article

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