Marie-José Fortin
Université du Québec à Rimouski
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Environmental Conservation | 1999
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
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
Christiane Gagnon; Serge Gagnon; Luc-Normand Tellier; Koassi D’Almeida; Marie-José Fortin
Développement Durable et Territoires | 2010
Marie-José Fortin; Anne-Sophie Devanne; Sophie Le Floch
Conférence Internationale de Québec 2008 Energie et Evaluation environnementale | 2009
Marie-José Fortin; Anne-Sophie Devanne; Sophie Le Floch
Environmental Impact Assessment Review | 2006
Marie-José Fortin; Christiane Gagnon
Natures Sciences Sociétés | 2014
Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis
Canadian Geographer | 2002
Marie-José Fortin; Christiane Cacnon
Éthique publique. Revue internationale d’éthique sociétale et gouvernementale | 2014
Raymond Beaudry; Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis
Natures Sciences Sociétés | 2014
Marie-José Fortin; Yann Fournis