A mediation case for resolving the energy and environment dispute at Aliaga-Izmir, Turkey


Muezzinoglu A.

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, vol.26, no.1, pp.47-57, 2000 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 26 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2000
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s002670010070
  • Journal Name: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.47-57
  • Keywords: mediation method, environmental dispute resolution, thermal power generation facilities and environmental dispute, industrial pollution, environmental impacts of chemical and metallurgical industries, INDUSTRIAL-AREA
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Aliaga town, located 50 km north of Izmir, Turkey, is facing serious air, water, and soil pollution problems of industrial origin. The town has had a widespread public reaction against the estimated environmental effects of a 500 MW power plant originally to be built by a private international company during the first half of the 1990s. This project was rejected by court order at that time, but recently a number of new power projects emerged, and overall environmental burdens had to be reconsidered.