Using Force Field Analysis for Examining and Managing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Mining Projects †
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Method
3. Results
3.1. Identification of Stakeholders
3.2. Classification of Stakeholders
3.3. Analysis of Stakeholders’ Strength
3.4. Stakeholders Management
4. Discussion and Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Driving Forces | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Policies & Initiatives (P&Is) | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | DFs | Δ = DFs − RFs | RFs | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 |
P&I–1 Agro–Economy & Livestock | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–2 Renewable Energy | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | −15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
P&I–3 Green Hydrogen Production | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 21 | −1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–4 Forestation, Ecosystem Restoration | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–5 Industrialization | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–6 Reclamation | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | −5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
P&I–7 Lignite–based energy production | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −24 | −28 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
P&I–8 Tourism, Recreation & Sports | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | −2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–9 Industrial heritage | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P&I–10 Lignite mining | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −21 | −25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
P&I–11 Energy crops and biomass combustion | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | −13 | −14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
P&I–12 Waste management facilities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −12 | −14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Pavloudakis, F.; Spanidis, P.-M.; Roumpos, C. Using Force Field Analysis for Examining and Managing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Mining Projects. Mater. Proc. 2023, 15, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2023015005
Pavloudakis F, Spanidis P-M, Roumpos C. Using Force Field Analysis for Examining and Managing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Mining Projects. Materials Proceedings. 2023; 15(1):5. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2023015005
Chicago/Turabian StylePavloudakis, Francis, Philip-Mark Spanidis, and Christos Roumpos. 2023. "Using Force Field Analysis for Examining and Managing Stakeholders’ Perceptions of Mining Projects" Materials Proceedings 15, no. 1: 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/materproc2023015005