Exploring the factors that influence stakeholder’s perception in the development of desalination project

• Main Authors: Tzu-HsunWeng, 翁子勛
• Other Authors: Kang- Liu Ta
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gp3g9p

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 海洋科技與事務研究所 === 104 === In recent years, extreme climate resulted in uneven precipitations in Taiwan. Traditional water resource development frequently suffers from environmental groups protest, potential dam site hard-to-find, and other factors. The development of new water sources has been increasingly difficult. In response to increasing industrial water demand and to improve the stability of water supply during the drought years, the government’s water policy has been moved toward the diversification of current water resources options. Sea water desalination has the advantages of short construction time, easy expansion flexibility, and supply of stable and clean water, making it an important alternative as a new water resource. Our previous study based on integrated coastal management theory shows that the social issues such as social acceptance and stakeholder’s participation are both very important during the development of seawater desalination project. Less study has been devoted to the potential future opposition from fishermen, user’s concern regarding the quality of desalinated water, and NGO’s doubt to this policy and other social issues. In this study, the current proposal of Tainan’s desalination plant was used as an example. AHP was used to explore the EIA reviewer’s opinions of the environmental impact from the development of desalination project. Semi-structured interviews was conducted to explore stakeholder’s acceptance of desalination plants. Results from both AHP analysis and qualitative interviews showed that EIA reviewers and stakeholders’ concern mostly focused on whether the pollution caused by the desalination plant will affect fish landings and the ecological environment.