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Effect of Local Community's Environmental Perception on Trust in a Mining Company: A Case Study in Mongolia
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| Title: | Effect of Local Community's Environmental Perception on Trust in a Mining Company: A Case Study in Mongolia |
| Authors: | Dagvadorj, Lavdmaa Browse this author | | Byamba, Bolorchimeg Browse this author | | Ishikawa, Mamoru Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | trust | | mineral extraction | | environmental perception | | local community | | herders | | Mongolia |
| Issue Date: | 27-Feb-2018 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Journal Title: | Sustainability |
| Volume: | 10 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 614 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.3390/su10030614 |
| Abstract: | While the mining industry is booming globally, local communities resist mining operations. It is crucial for mining companies to maintain trust within these communities to prevent conflicts. This research investigated local community's trust in a mining company in Mongolia using a questionnaire survey. We assessed the residents' perceptions of the company's effort to maintain environmental protection, as a determinant of trust, in addition to the determinants of motivation and ability. The results showed that the trust level varied within the different respondent groups and the determinants of trust differentially explained the state of trust. The nomadic herders who lived close to the mine site had low trust while being sensitive to the environmental effects. Other herders had neutral trust. Town citizens had high trust, which was mainly related to positive perceptions of motivation. Communicability of the information provided by the company influenced formulation of positive and negative perceptions. Overall, low trust likely leads to conflicts. Therefore, mining companies are advised to conduct surveys with different groups in the local community, especially those sensitive to environmental changes, and take measures to maintain trust. |
| Rights: | © 2018 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/70533 |
| Appears in Collections: | 国際連携研究教育局 : GI-CoRE (Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education : GI-CoRE) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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