Promoting Environmental Democracy Using GIS as a Means to Integrate Community into the EPA-BASINS Approach

This article presents a GIS-based methodology to integrate community into the Environmental Protection Agency's Better Assessment Science Integrating Point & Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The proposed methodology was used for the identification, measurement, & comparison of community areas...

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Published in:Society & natural resources 2003-03, Vol.16 (3), p.205-219
Main Authors: Parisi, Domenico, Taquino, Michael, Grice, Steven Michael, Gill, Duane A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communities
Environmental Protection
Geographic Information Systems
Government Agencies
Human Ecology
Mississippi
Resource Management
Water Supply
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Summary:This article presents a GIS-based methodology to integrate community into the Environmental Protection Agency's Better Assessment Science Integrating Point & Nonpoint Sources (BASINS). The proposed methodology was used for the identification, measurement, & comparison of community areas within & between the upstream & downstream watersheds of the Upper Pearl River Basin in MS. Drawing on various sources of data, the communities situated in the upstream watershed were found to be significantly different from the communities situated in the downstream watershed. This information has two important implications relevant to BASINS. First, it provides insights into understanding the human dimension of water resource management. Second, it is instrumental for promoting environmental democracy: networks of association across federal, state, & local organizations that facilitate coordination & cooperation for advancing community-oriented collective action toward the environment. 2 Tables, 1 Figure, 58 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0894-1920
DOI:10.1080/08941920390178784