Environmental values in the petrochemical industry: A Q-method study in South West Iran

• Autorzy: Omid M. Ghoochani , Azadeh Bakhshi , Matthew Cotton , Azar Hashemi Nejad , Mansour Ghanian
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Achieving sustainable development in different regional and cultural contexts is dependent, in part, upon an understanding of key actors' underlying environmental, social and economic values. The social research technique called Q-methodology presents an effective Means to explore dry values as a matter of discourse: revealing the typologies of stakeholder perspectives within a given debate. Q-factor method involves analysis of participant rank-ordered preselected statements on a topic. The resultant factors are then reinterpreted as social Discourses. In this study the use of Q-methodology to explore the environmental values of Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) managers in petrochemical companies in Khuzestan province in southwest Iran. Khuzestan is a key region of petrochemical product development, Significant associated with environmental pollution effects. Understanding HSE managers' attitudes to environmental protection is of value in predicting broader environmental impacts to the region, given the relative Importance of Their roles in regulating the environmental performance of this industry. Our results reveal four distinct and varied perspectives on environmental protection labeled: 'Environmental stewardship', 'Environmental presentism', 'Technological optimism' and 'Enlightened anthropocentrism'. We then discuss how emergent These four perspectives correspond to broader environmental Discourses as categorized by John Dryzek: i.e. green rationalism, economic rationalism, prometheanism and ecological modernization respectively.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Sustainable development; Degradation of the environment; Environmental pollution; Environmental protection; Petrochemical industry

PL

Rozwój zrównoważony; Degradacja środowiska; Zanieczyszczenie środowiska; Ochrona środowiska; Przemysł petrochemiczny

• Czasopismo: Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: 3
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 1--10

Twórcy

autor

Omid M. Ghoochani

• Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran

autor

Azadeh Bakhshi

• Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran

autor

Matthew Cotton

• University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

autor

Azar Hashemi Nejad

• Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran

autor

Mansour Ghanian

• Ramin Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Iran

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