Alan P Diduck
Biographic Data
| ID | 4414634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan P Diduck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan P |
| FAMILY NAME | Diduck |
| SIGNATURE | DIDUCK A P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Winnipeg |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5062-5146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 123 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Needs and pathways for strengthening the contribution of qualitative methods toward more effective impact assessment practice
Many jurisdictions are looking to next-generation impact assessment (IA) that includes sustainability considerations that extend beyond biophysical. Subjectivity is inherent in many of these additional impact considerations, and they are often not easily nor effectively quantified. Delivering effective IA within this broadening scope requires new, innovative, and rigorous applications of qualitative methods that enable meaningful inclusion of div…
Understanding the role qualitative methods can play in next generation impact assessment
Since its inception, impact assessment (IA) has been perceived by many to be a largely technical, quantitative exercise. However, as jurisdictions shift towards a more sustainability-oriented IA that accounts for a wider range of social, cultural, economic, health and well-being, and equity implications of proposed projects and strategic initiatives, values and subjectivity come more to the fore. Making predictions now needs innovative, and rigor…
Understanding Opportunities for Meaningful Engagement in Water Power Licensing
Nous analysons les lois actuelles régissant l’émission de permis dans le secteur de l’énergie hydroélectrique au Canada dans le but de mettre en évidence les pratiques optimales applicables. La collecte de données a pris la forme d'un examen de la littérature en vue de cerner les critères d'une rétroaction significative et d'une analyse de la législation pour déterminer la mesure dans laquelle le cadre juridique actuel requiert l'application de c…
Identifying and promoting qualitative methods for impact assessment
Qualitative methods for impact assessment (IA) represent a broad spectrum of approaches that are important for realising effective IA practice. The purpose of this paper is to identify and promote qualitative methods that are available for use in contemporary and future (next-generation) IA processes. From an extensive literature review, an international survey (145 responses), expert interviews (48 interviewees), and a workshop attended by 27 IA…
Participation, Learning and Environmental Justice: A Case Study of Protected Area Planning and Management in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India
Achieving environmental justice in protected area (PA) planning and management has been historically problematic. Herein, potential connections between learning outcomes acquired through PAs and advancements in environmental justice are examined and assessed through a case study of PAs in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Specifically, our study aimed to identify learning outcomes that contributed to positive changes in distributive,…
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Environmental clearance conditions in impact assessment in India: Moving beyond greenwash
This paper examines the EIA process and its effectiveness in addressing the impacts of a 190 km long national highway project along the Karnataka coast. We analyse the quality and relevance of the environmental clearance conditions established by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and discusses their potential implications. The findings underline that most of the conditions that pertained to the prevention of pollut…
Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
Environmental justice in India: A case study of environmental impact assessment, community engagement and public interest litigation
This paper scrutinizes environmental impact assessment (EIA) in India and its potential environmental justice implications. We focused on procedural aspects of environmental justice and concentrated specifically on public interest litigation. Using a qualitative case study (document review, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, transect walks, thematic analysis), we examined conflict and litigation in an EIA of a proposed industria…
Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as EA civics
First Nations and industry collaboration for forest governance in northwestern Ontario, Canada
Place-Based Inquiry's Potential for Encouraging Public Participation: Stories From the Common Ground Land in Kenora, Ontario
Natural resource management increasingly strives for meaningful public participation as a means to address the complexity, uncertainty, and conflict inherent in planning and decision making. When there are multiple stakeholders, place-based inquiry shows considerable promise as a vehicle for such participation. The Common Ground Land (CGL), important heritage lands in Kenora, Ontario, provides an opportunity to consider the relationship between p…
A study of institutional origins and change in a Canadian urban commons
Kenora is a small city located in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The study presented here focuses on Tunnel Island, 300 acres of forested land adjacent to Kenora’s downtown. The island is used and valued by both city residents and members of three nearby Ojibway nations. As a multiple-use, common-pool resource accessed by different groups for a range of non-extractive activities, the site has become an experiment in multicultural commons governanc…
Learning for Sustainability Among Faith-Based Organizations in Kenya
What’s in a name? The search for ‘common ground’ in Kenora, Northwestern Ontario
Kenora is a small city in northwestern Ontario, Canada. No longer a forestry centre of note, Kenora plans to develop a more diversified and sustainable economy, driven by local needs and local decision-making. Yet any collective desire to enjoy a prosperous future is set against a backdrop of historical conflict, discrimination and misunderstanding among local First Nation, Métis and Euro-Canadian populations. Using a range of qualitative data, w…
A fresh perspective on food safety in Canada: Risk communication, public involvement, and the impact of the 2008 listeriosis outbreak
While the listeriosis outbreak of 2008 brought attention to food safety decision making in Canada, little of that attention was placed on public involvement and risk communication. With a primary focus on Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), this article describes the state of microbial-related public involvement and risk communication undertakings and suggests ways in which improvements can be made. The findings sho…
Perceptions of impacts, public participation, and learning in the planning, assessment and mitigation of two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, India
Stakeholder engagement in sustainable adventure tourism development in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India
Stakeholder involvement is often cited as critical to sustainable tourism development, but there is limited documentation for niche areas, such as adventure tourism. The main purpose of our research was to understand stakeholder roles in adventure tourism in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Uttarakhand, India, to identify opportunities for achieving sustainable adventure tourism. Our interviews, treks and other activities revealed that or…
Adaptive co‐management for social–ecological complexity
Building trust through collaboration, institutional development, and social learning enhances efforts to foster ecosystem management and resolve multi‐scale society–environment dilemmas. One emerging approach aimed at addressing these dilemmas is adaptive co‐management. This method draws explicit attention to the learning (experiential and experimental) and collaboration (vertical and horizontal) functions necessary to improve our understanding o…
Conceptualizing learning for sustainability through environmental assessment: Critical reflections on 15 years of research
Towards community‐based monitoring in Manitoba's hog industry
Rapid changes in the hog industry in Manitoba have resulted in a gap in the province's resource and environmental policy regime. Concerns about potential, uncertain environmental impacts and an outdated regulatory framework led to a moratorium on new hog industry operations and a provincial hearing. Based on extensive literature, documentary and legislative reviews, this article explores the role of monitoring, and the potential for community‐bas…
Achieving meaningful public participation in the environmental assessment of hydro development: Case studies from Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India
Uttarakhand, India has great potential for hydro development because of its mountainous environment and fast flowing rivers. While growth in the hydro sector could facilitate industrial development and improve social well-being in the state, it could also have severe negative impacts on social-ecological systems. Using a qualitative methodology involving a review of documents, field observations, and over 100 interviews with government, industry …
An Assessment of Stakeholder Advisory Committees in Forest Management: Case Studies from Manitoba, Canada
Forest management in Canada is evolving from being largely bilateral and closed to being more inclusive and open. In an effort to test new approaches to public participation, many forest products companies have established advisory committees. Since there is little empirical evidence documenting advisory committee processes, our purpose was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of such processes. This was achieved by assessing the advisory co…
Public involvement in EA in Canada: A transformative learning perspective
Public involvement in environmental impact assessment: A case study of hydro development in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
The Governments of India and the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) recently adopted policy changes intended to expedite development approvals for power projects. This paper focuses on the 1997 changes to the Environmental Protection Act that establish procedures for public hearings as a component of EIA. Three hydro project public hearings in the Kullu District (HP) in 1998 show that public involvement andpublic hearing processes are in their…
Conceptualizing learning for sustainability through environmental assessment: Critical reflections on 15 years of research
Public involvement in EA in Canada: A transformative learning perspective
Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as EA civics
Public education: An undervalued component of the environmental assessment public involvement process
Perceptions of impacts, public participation, and learning in the planning, assessment and mitigation of two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, India
An Assessment of Stakeholder Advisory Committees in Forest Management: Case Studies from Manitoba, Canada
Forest management in Canada is evolving from being largely bilateral and closed to being more inclusive and open. In an effort to test new approaches to public participation, many forest products companies have established advisory committees. Since there is little empirical evidence documenting advisory committee processes, our purpose was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of such processes. This was achieved by assessing the advisory co…
First Nations and industry collaboration for forest governance in northwestern Ontario, Canada
Towards community‐based monitoring in Manitoba's hog industry
Rapid changes in the hog industry in Manitoba have resulted in a gap in the province's resource and environmental policy regime. Concerns about potential, uncertain environmental impacts and an outdated regulatory framework led to a moratorium on new hog industry operations and a provincial hearing. Based on extensive literature, documentary and legislative reviews, this article explores the role of monitoring, and the potential for community‐bas…
The Concept of Critical Environmental Assessment (Ea) Education
The paper explores the role of education in environmental assessment (ea), identifies the range of techniques used to conduct ea education, and develops a rationale for the concept of critical ea education. The literature on public involvement in ea indicates that public education plays a significant, but poorly defined, role in current thinking on public involvement and reveals a diverse range of education techniques. To clarify the role that ed…
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Place-Based Inquiry's Potential for Encouraging Public Participation: Stories From the Common Ground Land in Kenora, Ontario
Natural resource management increasingly strives for meaningful public participation as a means to address the complexity, uncertainty, and conflict inherent in planning and decision making. When there are multiple stakeholders, place-based inquiry shows considerable promise as a vehicle for such participation. The Common Ground Land (CGL), important heritage lands in Kenora, Ontario, provides an opportunity to consider the relationship between p…
Understanding the role qualitative methods can play in next generation impact assessment
Since its inception, impact assessment (IA) has been perceived by many to be a largely technical, quantitative exercise. However, as jurisdictions shift towards a more sustainability-oriented IA that accounts for a wider range of social, cultural, economic, health and well-being, and equity implications of proposed projects and strategic initiatives, values and subjectivity come more to the fore. Making predictions now needs innovative, and rigor…
Public education: An undervalued component of the environmental assessment public involvement process
The Concept of Critical Environmental Assessment (Ea) Education
The paper explores the role of education in environmental assessment (ea), identifies the range of techniques used to conduct ea education, and develops a rationale for the concept of critical ea education. The literature on public involvement in ea indicates that public education plays a significant, but poorly defined, role in current thinking on public involvement and reveals a diverse range of education techniques. To clarify the role that ed…
Public involvement in environmental impact assessment: A case study of hydro development in Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh, India
The Governments of India and the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh (HP) recently adopted policy changes intended to expedite development approvals for power projects. This paper focuses on the 1997 changes to the Environmental Protection Act that establish procedures for public hearings as a component of EIA. Three hydro project public hearings in the Kullu District (HP) in 1998 show that public involvement andpublic hearing processes are in their…
Public involvement in EA in Canada: A transformative learning perspective
An Assessment of Stakeholder Advisory Committees in Forest Management: Case Studies from Manitoba, Canada
Forest management in Canada is evolving from being largely bilateral and closed to being more inclusive and open. In an effort to test new approaches to public participation, many forest products companies have established advisory committees. Since there is little empirical evidence documenting advisory committee processes, our purpose was to determine the strengths and weaknesses of such processes. This was achieved by assessing the advisory co…
Achieving meaningful public participation in the environmental assessment of hydro development: Case studies from Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India
Uttarakhand, India has great potential for hydro development because of its mountainous environment and fast flowing rivers. While growth in the hydro sector could facilitate industrial development and improve social well-being in the state, it could also have severe negative impacts on social-ecological systems. Using a qualitative methodology involving a review of documents, field observations, and over 100 interviews with government, industry …
Conceptualizing learning for sustainability through environmental assessment: Critical reflections on 15 years of research
Towards community‐based monitoring in Manitoba's hog industry
Rapid changes in the hog industry in Manitoba have resulted in a gap in the province's resource and environmental policy regime. Concerns about potential, uncertain environmental impacts and an outdated regulatory framework led to a moratorium on new hog industry operations and a provincial hearing. Based on extensive literature, documentary and legislative reviews, this article explores the role of monitoring, and the potential for community‐bas…
Adaptive co‐management for social–ecological complexity
Building trust through collaboration, institutional development, and social learning enhances efforts to foster ecosystem management and resolve multi‐scale society–environment dilemmas. One emerging approach aimed at addressing these dilemmas is adaptive co‐management. This method draws explicit attention to the learning (experiential and experimental) and collaboration (vertical and horizontal) functions necessary to improve our understanding o…
Stakeholder engagement in sustainable adventure tourism development in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve, India
Stakeholder involvement is often cited as critical to sustainable tourism development, but there is limited documentation for niche areas, such as adventure tourism. The main purpose of our research was to understand stakeholder roles in adventure tourism in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR), Uttarakhand, India, to identify opportunities for achieving sustainable adventure tourism. Our interviews, treks and other activities revealed that or…
What’s in a name? The search for ‘common ground’ in Kenora, Northwestern Ontario
Kenora is a small city in northwestern Ontario, Canada. No longer a forestry centre of note, Kenora plans to develop a more diversified and sustainable economy, driven by local needs and local decision-making. Yet any collective desire to enjoy a prosperous future is set against a backdrop of historical conflict, discrimination and misunderstanding among local First Nation, Métis and Euro-Canadian populations. Using a range of qualitative data, w…
A fresh perspective on food safety in Canada: Risk communication, public involvement, and the impact of the 2008 listeriosis outbreak
While the listeriosis outbreak of 2008 brought attention to food safety decision making in Canada, little of that attention was placed on public involvement and risk communication. With a primary focus on Health Canada (HC) and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), this article describes the state of microbial-related public involvement and risk communication undertakings and suggests ways in which improvements can be made. The findings sho…
Perceptions of impacts, public participation, and learning in the planning, assessment and mitigation of two hydroelectric projects in Uttarakhand, India
Learning for Sustainability Among Faith-Based Organizations in Kenya
A study of institutional origins and change in a Canadian urban commons
Kenora is a small city located in northwestern Ontario, Canada. The study presented here focuses on Tunnel Island, 300 acres of forested land adjacent to Kenora’s downtown. The island is used and valued by both city residents and members of three nearby Ojibway nations. As a multiple-use, common-pool resource accessed by different groups for a range of non-extractive activities, the site has become an experiment in multicultural commons governanc…
First Nations and industry collaboration for forest governance in northwestern Ontario, Canada
Place-Based Inquiry's Potential for Encouraging Public Participation: Stories From the Common Ground Land in Kenora, Ontario
Natural resource management increasingly strives for meaningful public participation as a means to address the complexity, uncertainty, and conflict inherent in planning and decision making. When there are multiple stakeholders, place-based inquiry shows considerable promise as a vehicle for such participation. The Common Ground Land (CGL), important heritage lands in Kenora, Ontario, provides an opportunity to consider the relationship between p…
Reconceptualizing public participation in environmental assessment as EA civics
Environmental justice in India: A case study of environmental impact assessment, community engagement and public interest litigation
This paper scrutinizes environmental impact assessment (EIA) in India and its potential environmental justice implications. We focused on procedural aspects of environmental justice and concentrated specifically on public interest litigation. Using a qualitative case study (document review, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, transect walks, thematic analysis), we examined conflict and litigation in an EIA of a proposed industria…
Advancing Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities in India: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities
Environmental clearance conditions in impact assessment in India: Moving beyond greenwash
This paper examines the EIA process and its effectiveness in addressing the impacts of a 190 km long national highway project along the Karnataka coast. We analyse the quality and relevance of the environmental clearance conditions established by the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) and discusses their potential implications. The findings underline that most of the conditions that pertained to the prevention of pollut…
Identifying and promoting qualitative methods for impact assessment
Qualitative methods for impact assessment (IA) represent a broad spectrum of approaches that are important for realising effective IA practice. The purpose of this paper is to identify and promote qualitative methods that are available for use in contemporary and future (next-generation) IA processes. From an extensive literature review, an international survey (145 responses), expert interviews (48 interviewees), and a workshop attended by 27 IA…
Participation, Learning and Environmental Justice: A Case Study of Protected Area Planning and Management in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India
Achieving environmental justice in protected area (PA) planning and management has been historically problematic. Herein, potential connections between learning outcomes acquired through PAs and advancements in environmental justice are examined and assessed through a case study of PAs in the Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh, India. Specifically, our study aimed to identify learning outcomes that contributed to positive changes in distributive,…
Advancing environmental justice in cities through the Mosaic Governance of nature-based solutions
Nature-based solutions (NBS) are championed for providing co-benefits to cities and residents, yet their environmental justice impacts are increasingly debated. In this paper, we explore whether and how hybrid governance approaches, such as Mosaic Governance, may contribute to just transformations and sustainable cities through fostering long-term collaborations between local governments, local communities, and grassroots initiatives. Based on ca…
Needs and pathways for strengthening the contribution of qualitative methods toward more effective impact assessment practice
Many jurisdictions are looking to next-generation impact assessment (IA) that includes sustainability considerations that extend beyond biophysical. Subjectivity is inherent in many of these additional impact considerations, and they are often not easily nor effectively quantified. Delivering effective IA within this broadening scope requires new, innovative, and rigorous applications of qualitative methods that enable meaningful inclusion of div…
Political science (24 works) · Geography (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Business (14 works) · Environmental planning (14 works) · Environmental resource management (14 works) · Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (13 works) · Public relations (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Mining and Resource Management (9 works)