Community-driven regulation (CDR) model in industrial pollution regulation in Hanoi : interaction between community, state, firm and extra-local actors | |
| Author | Hoang Ngoc Ha |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.UE-05-23 |
| Subject(s) | Industries--Environmental aspects--Vietnam--Hanoi Environmental management--Vietnam--Hanoi Pollution control industry--Vietnam--Hanoi |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | This thesis studies community-driven regulation (CDR) model in local environmental management, focusing on the interactions between the state, communities, industrial firms and extra local actors in the implementation of environmental regulations in Hanoi. It presents a detailed profile of the main actors in each of three cases (community and industrial profiles), descriptive accounts of events, and engagements and outcomes in particular local pollution problem. It also presents the important role (or the absence of) of media sector as a local intermediary. A comparative analysis of the three cases suggests the following conclusions regarding the potentials and constraints posed by the CDR in local environmental regulation: a) while community cohesiveness, basic environmental awareness and effective leadership are essential in starting off an engagement with the local polluting firm, and soliciting immediate response from both the firm and the local authority/ies, by themselves such factors are not enough to guarantee positive or favorable outcomes in mitigating the problem; b) certain attributes of the firm such as its legality/illegality status and its overall or strategic importance to the national or city economy matter in determining whether the issue would be resolved immediately in favor of the community or not; c) the significance of the media to induce an overall political climate favorable to a decisive resolution of the conflict favorable to the community varied depending on the severity or intensity of the environmental burden posed by the pollution; d) different levels/agencies of the state performed variedly - at times contradictory to each other depending on their function as a regulator or a direct owner of the firm being challenged. The CDR model holds significant potentials in terms of complementing or enhancing state capacity for monitoring local environmental pollution, raising environmental awareness of citizens and firms alike, and developing mechanisms for generating public participation in environmental regulation. However, to fulfill these potentials, opportunity structures and mechanisms for harnessing and incapacitating the community for these roles have to be put in place. Further, the state conflicting regulatory and ownership roles in certain cases of pollutions (i.e. those involving joint-venture or state-owned firms) have to be sorted out and addressed directly in appropriate policy and legislations. |
| Year | 2005 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Development and Sustainability (DDS) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Urban Environmental and Management (UE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Sajor, Edsel E. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Amin, A. T. M. Nurul;Huynh Trung Luong |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2005 |