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Environmental Conservation | 1999

An assessment of social impacts of national parks on communities in Quebec, Canada

Marie-José Fortin; Christiane Gagnon

Numerous national parks have been established worldwide to protect nature, but this has not been without social consequences for neighbouring communities. Since the social and economic vitality of adjacent communities is being recognized more and more as indispensable for the success of conservation objectives, the quality of park-community relations has become a critical issue. A four-year investigation into the social impacts engendered by two national parks situated in the Saguenay region of Quebec (Canada) was conducted, according to a social impact assessment method. Several impacts and changes were identified on resource management, on the local economy, on the tourist industry, on involvement and participation of local actors and on the social organization of the neighbouring communities. The significance of these impacts varied according to the community and the actors involved. The results of the present research point to the determining role of the government in general, and of the park management in particular, in the process of local community development. In this regard, recommendations are addressed to local communities to improve their partnership with national parks.


Journal of Environmental Planning and Management | 2017

From social ‘acceptance’ to social ‘acceptability’ of wind energy projects: towards a territorial perspective

Yann Fournis; Marie-José Fortin

Social acceptance is central in many debates surrounding energy projects. Wind energy, in particular, has been described as a ‘learning laboratory’ in terms of social acceptance of energy projects. It has given way to a socio-technical paradox: the social dimension has become a factor of equal importance to technology in the wind farms implementation. Based on a literature review concerned with the social acceptance of wind energy, the paper seeks to demonstrate both the richness and the limits of the key concepts that inform the ongoing work of scholars. By doing so, we intend to emphasise the complex processes underneath in order to then elaborate a conceptual definition of social acceptability. Various modulations and limits that characterise current thinking are thus underlined. We then propose a grid analysis relying on a territorial perspective. It is structured around three levels that connect micro-social, meso-political and macro-economic processes.


Recherches sociographiques | 2006

Territoires et communautés rurales : une complémentarité de méthodes pour l’étude du développement territorial viable de MRC québécoises

Christiane Gagnon; Serge Gagnon; Luc-Normand Tellier; Koassi D’Almeida; Marie-José Fortin


Développement Durable et Territoires | 2010

Le paysage politique pour territorialiser l’action publique et les projets de développement : le cas de l’éolien au Québec

Marie-José Fortin; Anne-Sophie Devanne; Sophie Le Floch


Conférence Internationale de Québec 2008 Energie et Evaluation environnementale | 2009

L'acceptabilité sociale de l'éolien au Québec: apprendre dans la turbulence

Marie-José Fortin; Anne-Sophie Devanne; Sophie Le Floch


Environmental Impact Assessment Review | 2006

Interpreting major industrial landscapes: Social follow-up on meanings, the case of two aluminium smelters, Alcan (Alma, Canada) and Pechiney (Dunkirk, France)

Marie-José Fortin; Christiane Gagnon


Natures Sciences Sociétés | 2014

Dossier « Territoires en transition environnementale » – Vers une définition ascendante de l’acceptabilité sociale : les dynamiques territoriales face aux projets énergétiques au Québec

Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis


Canadian Geographer | 2002

Paysages identitaires et ruralité de proximité: regards croisés à Petit-Saguenay (Québec)

Marie-José Fortin; Christiane Cacnon


Éthique publique. Revue internationale d’éthique sociétale et gouvernementale | 2014

La normativité de l’acceptabilité sociale : écueils et réactualisation pour une économie territorialisée

Raymond Beaudry; Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis


Natures Sciences Sociétés | 2014

Vers une définition ascendante de l'acceptabilité sociale : les dynamiques territoriales face aux projets énergétiques au Québec

Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis

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Yann Fournis

Université du Québec à Rimouski

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Christiane Gagnon

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Mario Handfield

Université du Québec à Rimouski

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Christiane Cacnon

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Camil Girard

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Jacques Kurtness

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Jean-François Moreau

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Jeanne Simard

Université du Québec à Chicoutimi

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Koassi D’Almeida

Université du Québec à Montréal

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