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Resilience at risk: epistemological and social construction barriers to risk communication

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  • Richard Stoffle
  • Jessica Minnis

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This paper is about the persistent failure of social scientists to bring into the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process socially constructed environmental concerns held by potentially impacted communities. The failure to communicate perceived risks results from a two-communities divide based on both epistemological differences and obfuscation due to vernacular communication. The analysis provides robust modeling variables that can bridge this social-environmental divide. The case involves data collected from members of traditional communities regarding their perceptions of the potential impacts of proposed Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). The study is situated in the Bahamas where the government has approved setting aside 30 No-take MPAs to protect their sea. This analysis is based on 572 interviews conducted during eight field trips with members of six traditional settlements in the Exuma Islands and Cays in the central Bahamas. Confidence in the findings is high because the sample involves 34% of the census population of these settlements and the findings have repeatedly been returned for review and approval by the members of these settlements.

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  • Richard Stoffle & Jessica Minnis, 2008. "Resilience at risk: epistemological and social construction barriers to risk communication," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1-2), pages 55-68, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:11:y:2008:i:1-2:p:55-68
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870701521479
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    1. Jacob Taarup‐Esbensen, 2020. "A Resilience‐Based Approach to Risk Assessments—Building Resilient Organizations under Arctic Conditions," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(11), pages 2399-2412, November.
    2. Tam, Chui-Ling, 2015. "Timing exclusion and communicating time: A spatial analysis of participation failure in an Indonesian MPA," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(C), pages 122-129.
    3. Richard Howitt, 2020. "Decolonizing People, Place and Country: Nurturing Resilience across Time and Space," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-16, July.
    4. Brent Stoffle & Richard Stoffle & Kathleen Van Vlack, 2020. "Sustainable Use of the Littoral by Traditional People of Barbados and Bahamas," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-25, June.

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