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dc.contributor.authorvan Os, Herman
dc.contributor.authorHerber, Rien
dc.contributor.authorScholtens, Lambertus Johannes Regnerus
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-26T23:45:45Z
dc.date.available2018-09-26T23:45:45Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.identifier.citationvan Os , H , Herber , R & Scholtens , L J R 2017 , ' Modular Evaluation Method for Subsurface Activities (MEMSA). A novel approach for integrating social acceptance in a permit decision-making process for subsurface activities ' , Environmental Impact Assessment Review , vol. 64 , pp. 97-122 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.03.004en
dc.identifier.issn0195-9255
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 249900435
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 43ced93e-1ac7-46f0-9a0b-eab2a6d4da23
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 85016137453
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 000401381600011
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-5774-5191/work/69834975
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/16081
dc.descriptionWe thank the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs for the funding of our research and the complete freedom for executing our research.en
dc.description.abstractWe investigate how the decision support system ‘Modular Evaluation Method Subsurface Activities’ (MEMSA) can help facilitate an informed decision-making process for permit applications of subsurface activities. To this end, we analyze the extent the MEMSA approach allows for a dialogue between stakeholders in a transparent manner. We use the exploration permit for the underground gas storage facility at the Pieterburen salt dome (Netherlands) as a case study. The results suggest that the MEMSA approach is flexible enough to adjust to changing conditions. Furthermore, MEMSA provides a novel way for identifying structural problems and possible solutions in permit decision-making processes for subsurface activities, on the basis of the sensitivity analysis of intermediate rankings. We suggest that the planned size of an activity should already be specified in the exploration phase, because this would allow for a more efficient use of the subsurface as a whole. We conclude that the host community should be involved to a greater extent and in an early phase of the permit decision-making process, for example, already during the initial analysis of the project area of a subsurface activity. We suggest that strategic national policy goals are to be re-evaluated on a regular basis, in the form of a strategic vision for the subsurface, to account for timing discrepancies between the realization of activities and policy deadlines, because this discrepancy can have a large impact on the necessity and therefore acceptance of a subsurface activity.
dc.format.extent25
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Impact Assessment Reviewen
dc.rightsCopyright © 2017, Elsevier Inc. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.03.004en
dc.subjectSubsurface activitiesen
dc.subjectDecision support systemsen
dc.subjectSocial acceptanceen
dc.subjectSalt domeen
dc.subjectMiningen
dc.subjectUnderground natural gas storageen
dc.subjectHD28 Management. Industrial Managementen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subject.lccHD28en
dc.titleModular Evaluation Method for Subsurface Activities (MEMSA). A novel approach for integrating social acceptance in a permit decision-making process for subsurface activitiesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.description.versionPostprinten
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Managementen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Centre for Responsible Banking and Financeen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.03.004
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2018-09-27


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