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dc.contributor.authorKing, Tanya
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:53:28Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2011-08-29T05:56:55Z
dc.identifier.issn18332110
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40085
dc.description.abstractDrier conditions in Australia have compelled governments to implement various projects to address current or impending water shortages. Such projects have not always been popular with the local community who are directly affected by this infrastructure, with 'procedural justice' emerging as a critical issue. This paper analyses issues of public perceptions of 'procedural justice' in implementing environmental projects in regional areas, in the context of the recently approved desalination plant in the regional Victorian town of Wonthaggi. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data from a survey of 316 Wonthaggi residents, we show that one of the major predictors of residents' resistance toward accepting the building of the desalination plant was explained by perceptions of procedural injustice. We further argue that inadequate attention to the particular political history of the region has compounded the sense that the plant implementation has been unfair. Attention to such political histories is vital to avoiding conflict with local stakeholders and to the successful and ethical implementation of development projects in regional areas.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCurtin University of Technology
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttps://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/INFORMIT.117351434598164
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom105
dc.relation.ispartofpageto121
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPublic Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and Administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOther Studies in Human Society
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170199
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1605
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1606
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1699
dc.titleProcedural Justice and the Australian Environment: The case of the Wonthaggi Water Desalination Plant
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Kristina


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