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Mediating Environmental Conflicts: Theory and Practice

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Environmental conflicts are increasing in number and intensity, demanding new approaches to dispute resolution such as environmental mediation. This book incorporates the expertise of 28 specialists; stresses the will for mediated dispute resolution as an alternative choice to litigation; calls for a communitarian approach; explores conceptual foundations and conflicts resistant to mediation; and answers How do we all know what we all know? Addresses training mediators; discusses special problems of small communities, value of citizen participation, and EPA regulatory negotiation; explores ethics and social justice; and considers future challenges and issues confronting theory and practice. Case studies analyze nuclear waste siting, highway design, wilderness designation, field burning, and Environmental Affect Commentary development. Intended for alternative dispute resolution practitioners, scholars, and citizen environmentalists.

Authors provide insights from many academic disciplines and practical experience. Reed advocates creating sustainable communities; O’Leary calls for new research; Maida contends that law and economics offer viable perspectives; and Allen prescribes mediation training. Dworkin and Jordan give a contribution a teaching case; Klase addresses problems in rural areas; and the Burgesses offer steps to make difficult confrontations constructive. Clary and Hornney argue that prenegotiation and negotiation are crucial; Richardson describes facilitated negotiation; and Bogdonoff explains negotiated rule-making in Maine. Stephens, Stephens, and Dukes suggest that ethical considerations are due the surroundings; Blackford and Matunga advise sensitivity to cultural differences; Ryan demonstrates the utility of conflict management by the EPA. Wood and Guy describe how local governments can achieve consensus; and Baird, Maughan, and Nilson offer reasons mediation failed in Idaho. Mangerich and Luton describe an urban-rural conflict in Washington state, and Blackburn provides his Eclectic Theory to lead future research.

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