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Knowledge Management In Environmental Impact Assessment Agencies: A Study In Québec, Canada

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  • LUIS E. SÁNCHEZ

    (Department of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2373 05508-900 São Paulo, Brazil)

  • PIERRE ANDRÉ

    (Department of Geography, Université of Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada)

Abstract

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a knowledge intensive activity that benefits from a highly structured approach to knowledge management (KM). In a survey of KM initiatives in two Québec government agencies, the Environmental Assessment Department and the Environment Public Hearings Bureau, knowledge repositories were mapped and officers were invited to reply to a questionnaire enquiring about the knowledge repositories' usefulness. Their perception about knowledge creation within each agency was assessed. Three drivers were identified that have steered the implementation of KM initiatives: (i) successive managers' understandings that EIA does create knowledge; (ii) a concern with consistency and reproducibility of recommendations; (iii) improving agencies' efficiency, alongside one additional incentive: curbing the deleterious effects of staff turnover. So far an unmet challenge is making sense of a great deal of data and information obtained in the follow-up phase of the EIA process and transforming it into knowledge used to improve both efficiency and effectiveness of an agency's work.

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  • Luis E. Sánchez & Pierre André, 2013. "Knowledge Management In Environmental Impact Assessment Agencies: A Study In Québec, Canada," Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management (JEAPM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 15(03), pages 1-32.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jeapmx:v:15:y:2013:i:03:n:s1464333213500154
    DOI: 10.1142/S1464333213500154
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