The Investigation And Analysis Of The Public Participation Situation In Environmental Impact Assessment

Public participation is an important part of the in environmental impactassessment work, the project side, a two-way exchange of EIA units and departmentsin charge of environmental protection among the masses. It is a two-waycommunication of the construction unit, environmental impact assessment units andEnvironmental protection departments among the masses. In the case of the Situationon the implementation of the public participation in Shanghai, there are still manyshortcomings and problems. The results of the effectiveness of public participationand initiative of the masses are still to be improved. The starting point of this paper isto understand the current situation of Shanghai city environmental impact assessmentof public participation and public awareness and initiative, analyzes the problemsexisting in the public participation of the environmental impact assessment. To putforward suggestions and related improvement measures. Due to the investigation andresearch on the implementation of the Shanghai public participation is lack, the authordesigned the "Shanghai present situation of public participation in eia questionnaire"and do the questionnaire survey with the masses of17distircts in shanghai‘then Ianalyzes the survey results by using SPSS analysis software. The results show that theenvironmental protection awareness of Shanghai public needs to be improved; mainlydisplays in the environmental values are not mature enough, the awareness of theenvironmental problem is not so high and the will of the masses to take environmentalprotection measures is not strong. The development of public participation inenvironmental impact assessment was limited to small range of stage, the public aregenerally more strangers, to participate in the initiative and enthusiasm is not high. At the same time, combining with the construction project environmental impactassessment to the actual situation of public patricipation in shanghai, I analyzes theproblems existing in the implementation process, mainly manifested in the followingpoints: Project information open late and not fully; the number of the Publicparticipation is insuiffcient, lack of comprehensive and representative; Publicparticipation way is too single, lack of pertinency; Public participation questionnairecontent is flawed; Statistical analysis of the results of the survey methods are toosimple, need to be improved; Related depatrments did not attach enough importanceto the results of the survey, in response to public opinion is not enough.Comprehensive problems of public participation, this paper put forward severalmeasures and methods to improve the effectiveness of public participation, Includingthe following points: improve the relevant laws and regulations of public participation,and strengthen its legal status; encourage early and full participation of the publicparticipation; improve the environmental information disclosure system fo theconstruction project; improve the form and content of the public participation;Improve the method of statistical analysis of the Public opinion; improve thetransparency of public survey results and the relevant departments should pay moreattention to public opinion. The public’s environmental awareness is an importantfactor to influence the initiative and enthusiasm of the public participation. Therefore,according to the present situation of public environmental awareness is not high, thepaper put forward several suggestions and measures, including the following points:To strengthen environmental protection publicity and the Environmental knowledgepopularization efforts; accelerate the construction of environmental legal system,increase the intensity of public participation; promote the development of social andenvironmental groups, encouraging the participation of the whole society to theenvironmental protection work; Strengthening environmental education and changethe traditional way of environmental education to make the environmental educationis more interesting and more convenient I hope to help the environmental protection department to perfect the publicparticipation in environmental impact assessment of Shanghai and improve the qualityand effectiveness of public participation;1expect to make the government pay moreattention to public participation in environmental impact assessment work. I also wantto be able to improve the public’s environmental awareness, let more people toparticipate in the work of environmental protection.