Taisi Village

South Wind 南風

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TS: Changhua County Health Threats

Air pollution
Cancer Rates
Decrease of watermelon production (from two

2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Stakeholders

No action by locals before the proposed No. 8 complex

Old Villagers (farmers, 100/280+ more than 80 years old.

Department of Hygiene...Read more

4. Who are stakeholders, what are their characteristics, and what are their perceptions of the problems?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Intersecting Factors

Social pressure by the village (Miss Li-Yi Hsu 許立儀)

Dam construction and water usage by 6th NCC; taking away water used for agriculture

3. What intersecting factors -- social, cultural, political, technological, ecological -- contribute to environmental health vulnerability and injustice in this setting? What has produced historic disadvantage?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Stakeholder Actions

Smelling the pollution

Government initiated monitoring infrastructure not from the very beginning but only after the explosions

Ms Hsu’s family is...Read more

5. What have different stakeholder groups done (or not done) in response to the problems in this setting?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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Photo: Taisi Village Photo Gallery 台西村影像館

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TS: Changhua County Local Actions

Monitoring

Local action (link1) (...Read more

7. What local actions would reduce environmental vulnerability and injustice in this setting?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Extra-Local Actions

Regulation of air pollution

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8. What extra-local actions (at state, national or international levels) would reduce environmental vulnerability and injustice in this setting and similar settings?

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TS: Changhua County Community Assets

Changhua Environmental Protection Union (彰化環保聯盟)

1. What is the setting of this case? What are its assets? What opportunities and challenges will there be in this setting in coming years?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Injustices

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10. What intersecting injustices -- data, economic, epistemic, gender, health, infrastructure, intergenerational, media, procedural, racial, reproductive -- contribute to environmental injustice in this setting?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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TS: Changhua County Media and NGO Coverage

Media coverage of the exhibition "Where the South Wind Blows"

Interview by PTS- Our Island (link1...Read more

6. How have environmental problems in this setting been reported on by media, environmental groups, companies and government agencies? Where has there been data divergence?

Changhua County, Taiwan 彰化縣

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