Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model



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Abstract

The case deals with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (EJCPS) Model that community-based organizations used to address local environmental and/or public health issues in American communities. The Model provided a framework for community-based organizations to work with multiple stakeholders to address environmental justice issues in local communities. It emphasized multi-stakeholder collaboration as a transformative mechanism that enabled communities as well as stakeholders to identify and assess the concerns of the community and devise appropriate strategies to come up with a lasting solution to environmental justice issues. The case describes the seven elements of the EJCPS framework which served as a guideline to organizations to address environmental justice concerns.

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Issues

The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:

  • Understand the concept of collaborative problem-solving and its application in addressing environmental justice issues in vulnerable communities.
  • Understand why EPA focused on the collaborative approach to problem-solving as a systematic approach while resolving environmental and/or health problems in communities.
  • Study and analyze EPA’s application of sustainable principles and practices to its work in collaboration with stakeholders.
  • Discuss and debate whether the Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model (EJCPS Model) delivered positive outcomes in terms of addressing the complex environmental justice issues in the community.
  • Understand the difficulties in the application of the EJCPS Model and explore the ways in which it can address the issue.

Contents
INTRODUCTION
ABOUT EPA
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
THE EJCPS MODEL
CHALLENGES
THE ROAD AHEAD
EXHIBIT

Keywords

Collaborative problem-solving; Environment justice issues; Environmental hazards; Environmental risk; Sustainable environment; Sustainable community; Reducing pollution and promoting environmentally conscious designs; Innovative environment management; Multi-stakeholders’ engagement; Stakeholders’ relationships; Stakeholder dialogue and discussion; Stakeholder management; Stakeholder tension; Stakeholders’ responsibility; Public-private partnership

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