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Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry
Bibliography: pages 134-147.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17268 Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry Lipschitz, Steven Fuggle, Richard Francis Grindley, J R Water - Pollution - South Africa Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects - South Africa Fishery processing industries - South Africa Bibliography: pages 134-147. Pollution control regulations directed at the land-based factories of the Southern African fish processing industry do not appear to promote the required level of investment in pollution control systems. Two self-administered mail-questionnaires comprising undisguised fixed-alternative and open-ended questions were constructed to survey the opinions and viewpoints of a census consisting of twenty-seven senior managers responsible for making pollution control investments in the demersal and pelagic sectors of the fish processing industry. The first questionnaire was directed at establishing the relative importance of factors that influence waste and pollution control investment decisions as well as the perceptions and preferences of managers with regard to various pollution control policy options. Descriptive statistics such as the modal class were used to summarize the distribution of opinions and viewpoints within the research population. Rank ordered preference data was analyzed using a multidimensional unfolding computer algorithm. This structural multivariate statistical method is a special case of non-metric multidimensional scaling that generates perceptual maps which can aid in the discovery of the hidden structure underlying multidimensional decisions. Investments in waste and pollution control do not appear to have a high priority when compared to other strategic investments that the fish processing industry managers may make. The relative importance of factors that could influence the managers of the industry to invest in waste control equipment appear to be determined by the perceived financial returns that can be expected from such investments. Findings suggest that pollution control legislation is rendered ineffective due to inadequate enforcement. However, it appears that existing legislation needs to be rationalized in order to facilitate compliance. The most favoured pollution control instruments were those that lowered the cost of legally mandated expenses such as subsidies and income tax allowances. These were followed by permit systems which specified the allowable characteristics of discharges while allowing individual companies freedom of choice as to the method of achieving compliance. The second questionnaire was used to verify the researcher's interpretation of the findings and preliminary conclusions drawn from the replies to the first questionnaire. 2016-02-26T07:16:09Z 2016-02-26T07:16:09Z 1990 Doctoral Thesis Doctoral PhD http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17268 eng application/pdf Department of Environmental and Geographical Science Faculty of Science University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Water - Pollution - South Africa Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects - South Africa Fishery processing industries - South Africa Lipschitz, Steven Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| thesis_degree_str | Doctoral |
| title | Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| title_full | Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| title_fullStr | Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| title_short | Pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the Southern African fish processing industry |
| title_sort | pollution control investment decisions and policy preferences of senior managers of the southern african fish processing industry |
| topic | Water - Pollution - South Africa Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects - South Africa Fishery processing industries - South Africa |
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