Professional Documents
Culture Documents
William J. Trousdale
CONCLUSIONS
Conclusions
The systematic and active approach to the ATIA described in this chapter served to:
awaken new opportunities for community involvement.
alert the developer to modest changes in design that could have significant positive implications.
introduce basic mitigation and monitoring programs that would have otherwise been ignored.
Conclusions
Dialogue with the affected community facilitated an important two-way learning process wherein local information and values were expressed by the community and included in the assessment, and information regarding the potential effects from tourism were conveyed by the impact analyst to the communities. By actively engaging the developer and involving the local government and host communities, the ATIA approach created opportunities to make the critical transition from knowledge to action.
Finally, Kaniki Point Resort has expanded its communications with local communities. These represent only some of the sensible and inexpensive responses made by the project developer that will make a significant contribution to the sustainability of both the project and the region.