Meta-analysis of EIA public hearings in the state of Gujarat, India: its role versus the goal of environmental management

Figures & data

Table 1 Details of the number of proceedings analysed.

Year	Drugs	Cement	Highway	Oil	Thermal	Total
2007	1	1	0	2	3	7
2008	4	10	5	4	2	25
2009	5	0	2	1	4	12
2010	1	1	0	1	2	5
2011	6	0	4	12	4	26
2012	6	1	3	7	8	25
Total	23	13	14	27	23	100

Table 2 Details of persons and issues raised sector-wise at the PH proceedings.

Details	Drugs	Cement	Highway	Oil	Thermal	Total
Persons	130	43	93	142	274	682
Issues	275	73	166	258	550	1322
Projects	23	13	14	27	23	100

Table 3 Sector-wise summary of categorization of issues raised at PH proceedings.

Issue category	Drugs	Cement	Highway	Oil	Thermal	Category total
Environmental	97 (35.3%)	19 (26.0%)	39 (23.5%)	74 (28.7%)	215 (39.1%)	444 (33.6%)
Socio-economic	46 (16.7%)	15 (20.6%)	27 (16.2%)	79 (30.6%)	108 (19.6%)	275 (20.8%)
Infrastructure	23 (8.4%)	17 (23.3%)	19 (11.5%)	30 (11.6%)	80 (14.6%)	169 (12.8%)
PH process	5 (1.8%)	0	3 (1.8%)	5 (1.9%)	15 (2.7%)	28 (2.1%)
Track record	79 (28.7%)	6 (8.2%)	2 (1.2%)	28 (10.9%)	42 (7.6%)	157 (11.9%)
General	25 (9.1%)	16 (21.6%)	76 (45.8%)	42 (16.3%)	90 (16.4%)	249 (18.8%)
Total	275	73	166	258	550	1322

Table 4 Rank of categories based on issues raised and its rank score.

	Industry-wise priority of category
Category of issues	Drugs	Cement	Highway	Oil	Thermal	Rank score and rank
Environmental	1	1	2	2	1	1.4 (I)
Socio-economic	3	4	3	1	2	2.6 (II)
Infrastructure	5	2	4	4	4	3.8 (III)
PH process	6	–	5	6	6	4.6 (IV)
Track record	2	5	6	5	5	4.6 (IV)
General	4	3	1	3	3	2.8 (II)

Table 5 Sector-wise predominant issue.

Industry sector	Single major issue within the industry sector	Responses received
Drugs	Employment	37
Cement	Employment	13
Highway	Alignment of highway	28
Oil	Compensation/lease	44
Thermal	Employment	65