Research articles
Citizen Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure and Legal Modifications Introduced by Act Nr 20.417
How to Cite
Mirosevic Verdugo, C. (2011). Citizen Participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure and Legal Modifications Introduced by Act Nr 20.417. Pro Jure Revista De Derecho - Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso, 36(1). Retrieved from https://www.projurepucv.cl/index.php/rderecho/article/view/768
Abstract
Citizen participation is one of the principles of modern Environmental Law, because of the special characteristics of the environment. In chilean Law, the environmental regulation considers different spaces of citizen participation, one of them, in the environmental impact assessment procedure. In this framework, the target of this paper is to present and analyse the participation spaces in this administrative procedure, especially since the legal modifications introduced by Act Nº 20.417, and also the deficiencies in this matter.