Silver spray : conflict between economic and environmental issues in a rural municipal setting (a case study)
| dc.contributor.author | Brash, Mona Leone | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-13T00:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-08-13T00:05:57Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2002 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.degree.department | Department of Political Science | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | The objective of this case study was to explore the roots of division in the fiveĀ year long Silver Spray land-use dispute in the rural community of East Sooke near Victoria, B.C. The analysis is based on direct observations at public meetings, interviews with participants, and an examination of relevant government records, media reports, and correspondence. Logan and Molotch' s theory of the growth machine, as articulated in Urban Fortunes, provides an analytic framework for examining the Silver Spray dispute. The dispute is compared briefly to the ones around the failed Bamberton and Tod Inlet proposals. This analysis shows that the participants' use of environmentalism to promote their causes, accidents of personality, a confused decision-making process, and appeals to higher levels of government contributed to a costly, bitter, and protracted dispute. Despite the ostensible focus on environmental issues, a use versus exchange value conflict was at the heart of the dispute. | |
| dc.format.extent | 162 pages | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/17076 | |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.title | Silver spray : conflict between economic and environmental issues in a rural municipal setting (a case study) | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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