Is locally led conservation planning working? A farm town case study

A qualitative case study of a rural Illinois community whose water supply has been compromised by a farm chemical is used to highlight the social, cultural, and economic factors that shape, locally led planning efforts of a type now being advocated by natural resources governmental agencies. The pap...

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Published in:Rural sociology 1998-06, Vol.63 (2), p.214-234
Main Authors: Salamon, S. (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL.), Farnsworth, R.L, Rendziak, J.A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
AGRICULTEUR
AGRICULTORES
Agricultural chemicals
Agricultural Occupations
ATRAZINA
ATRAZINE
BASSIN VERSANT
CALIDAD DEL AGUA
CAPITAL
CASE STUDIES
Chemicals
CIUDADES
COMMITTEES
Community
Community Attitudes
Community Involvement
Community Relations
CONSERVACION DE AGUAS
Conservation
Conservation (Environment)
CONSERVATION DE L'EAU
Contaminated water
COOPERACION
COOPERATION
CUENCAS HIDROGRAFICAS
Cultural factors
Cultural Influences
Economic factors
ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS
ETUDE DE CAS
FARMERS
Farming
Government Agencies
ILLINOIS
Influences
Information Transfer
Municipalities
Natural Resources
Organic chemistry
OTTER LAKE RESOURCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
Pesticides
PLANIFICACION REGIONAL
PLANIFICATION REGIONALE
Planning
Public health
QUALITE DE L'EAU
REGIONAL PLANNING
Resource Management
Risk
Risk Assessment
Rural and urban sociology
Rural areas
Rural Communities
Rural sociology
SOCIAL CAPITAL
Social factors
Social Networks
Social Organizations
Social Planning
Sociology
TOWNS
U.S.A
VILLE
WATER CONSERVATION
Water Pollution
WATER QUALITY
Water resources
Water supply
WATERSHEDS
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Summary:A qualitative case study of a rural Illinois community whose water supply has been compromised by a farm chemical is used to highlight the social, cultural, and economic factors that shape, locally led planning efforts of a type now being advocated by natural resources governmental agencies. The paper answers the question: why did the central Illinois watershed planning effort craft a cooperative rather than a conflictual solution? Trust of and attachment to farmers, both evidence of social capital, helped community members to balance economic, social and health risks. The balance arrived at created a tacit mandate for a farmer led planning committee to solve the atrazine problem in a way acceptable to farmers and townspeople. The cooperative solution represents a consensus: concerns remain, but people are willing to support the plan. Consensus also demonstrates that planning as a positive action can create new social capital, which can support further planning
ISSN:0036-0112
1549-0831
DOI:10.1111/j.1549-0831.1998.tb00672.x