In Thailand, an EIA study of detached breakwaters takes
approximately eight months to complete. At least four months are
required before the submitted EIA is approved by ONEP
(Saengsupavanich, 2011). Therefore, a breakwater construction will
be postponed for one more year after the engineering design is
completed. If the project is likely to create negative impacts on
innocent people or affect ecologically or culturally important areas,
then conducting the EIA is reasonable so that mitigation measures
are available (Cooper and McKenna, 2008; Frihy, 2001). On the
other hand, if the IEE shows that the project will not have any
negative impact or the impacts are acceptable, there is the question
of the delay and its effect on the people who are being threatened
by the erosive waves and are waiting for the detached breakwater
to protect them. The emerging questions in this debate will evolve
into “Is the EIA still necessary or it is just a waste of time?”, “Who
will be responsible for one more year of fear and paranoia caused by
big erosive waves that coastal people along the eroding coastline
must live with?”, and “What about a landowner whose land and
house will be swallowed by the sea next month?”. This article had
the prime objective of responding to such conflicting issues.
In Thailand, an EIA study of detached breakwaters takesapproximately eight months to complete. At least four months arerequired before the submitted EIA is approved by ONEP(Saengsupavanich, 2011). Therefore, a breakwater construction willbe postponed for one more year after the engineering design iscompleted. If the project is likely to create negative impacts oninnocent people or affect ecologically or culturally important areas,then conducting the EIA is reasonable so that mitigation measuresare available (Cooper and McKenna, 2008; Frihy, 2001). On theother hand, if the IEE shows that the project will not have anynegative impact or the impacts are acceptable, there is the questionof the delay and its effect on the people who are being threatenedby the erosive waves and are waiting for the detached breakwaterto protect them. The emerging questions in this debate will evolveinto “Is the EIA still necessary or it is just a waste of time?”, “Whowill be responsible for one more year of fear and paranoia caused bybig erosive waves that coastal people along the eroding coastlinemust live with?”, and “What about a landowner whose land andhouse will be swallowed by the sea next month?”. This article hadthe prime objective of responding to such conflicting issues.
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