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Project Sites and Participants
Research Sites and Researchers / Affiliations
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Voyageurs National Park (MN).
This
conflict, which has brewed for over 40 years, revolves around resource
protection versus use in this Minnesota national park.
In this case, consensus-building efforts were attempted, but ultimately
proved to be unsuccessful.
- Barbara Gray
Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation
Department of
Management and Organization
The Pennsylvania State University
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Drake Chemical Superfund Site (PA).
Originally a manufacturer
of chemical intermediates used in dyes, cosmetics, textiles, pharmaceuticals,
and pesticides, Drake Chemical was designated a Superfund site. Conflict ensued over the safety of the remediation efforts, which included soil incineration.
- Barbara Gray
Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation
Department of
Management and Organization
The Pennsylvania State University
- Ralph Hanke
Ph.D. Candidate in Organization Behavior
Smeal College of Business Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
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Ohio EPA
Anti-Degradation Standards for Water (Columbus, OH). A continuing controversy
over the level and detection of contaminants in Ohio’s waters prompted
the Ohio EPA to convene an ADR task force to address this issue.
- Roy J. Lewicki
Department of Management and Human Resources
Fisher College of Business
The Ohio State University
- Craig Davis
Department of Management and Human Resources
School of Natural Resources
The Ohio State University
- Carolyn Wiethoff
Kelly School of
Business
Indiana University
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Edwards Aquifer
Project (San Antonio, TX). Edwards Aquifer is the underground
water supply that serves as the sole source of drinking water for San
Antonio, provides irrigation for agriculture in six Texas counties, is
the main source for industry and recreational activities in three counties,
and harbors unique water life at its base.
- Linda Putnam
Department of Speech Communication and Program on Conflict and Dispute
Resolution
Texas A&M University
Websites:
- Tarla Peterson
Department of Communication
University of Utah
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Alton Park and Piney Woods Neighborhoods (Chattanooga, TN). These
areas of Chattanooga present environmental justice issues over brownfield
problems associated with an abandoned coking operation, approximately
40 hazardous waste sites, and a creek that has been declared a Superfund
site, within the context of a city that has declared itself to be The Environmentally
Sustainable City.
- Michael Elliott
City Planning Graduate Program, Consortium
on Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Colorado
Front Range Growth-Related
Conflicts
(Boulder,
El Paso, and Larimer Counties, CO). Communities
along Colorado's Front Range Urban Corridor are struggling
to deal with tensions between relentless population growth and the desire
of citizens to protect and enhance their quality of life.
- Guy and Heidi Burgess
Conflict Research Consortium
University of Colorado-Boulder
- Robert Gardner
Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology
Conflict Research Consortium
University of Colorado-Boulder
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Doan Brook
(Cleveland, OH).
Doan Brook is an urban watershed in metropolitan Cleveland
that poses grave technical management problems, as well as safety and recreation
challenges. Jurisdictional
conflict arises over which problems are salient and which solutions are
preferred by the affected municipalities and the Sewer District.
- Sanda Kaufman
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
Websites:
- Menaz Momen*
Levin College of Urban Affairs
Cleveland State University
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Quincy
Library Group (Quincy, CA).
This conflict began over logging practices on national forest land, and was resolved through
local consensus-building efforts. It was re-opened, however, when challenged by national-level actors.
- Julia Wondolleck
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
- Todd Bryan
School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan
*Former member of the Environmental Framing Consortium |