R SOC375 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 rsoc
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Land reclamation (public participation and conflict resolution): martin. Who is your audience: public, localities, corporate decision makers, regulators, operational personnel (construction) etc. Monday, january 11, 2016: seismic lines throughout alberta are destroying habitat for woodland caribou and creating good hunting grounds for predators. Nations: mounding and planting black spruce has been successful. Municipal area structure planning: thunderstone quarry - privately owned may become a commercial development, wildlife underpass is being compromised by activity in the area, stakeholders: private land owners, alberta environment and parks, town of canmore (regulator). Monday, january 11, 2016: often more interest in stakeholders to drive the process here (first nations, locals, corporations), spiritual healing is important for first nations (land must be whole again). Multi-criteria decision making: data acquisition and processing - criteria assessment and decision framework - suitability analysis - spatial optimization - benchmarking and options analysis. What does science contribute to environmental problems: systematic understanding of a problem, evidence-based decision making.
