Community problem solving refers to a step-by-step involvement towards establishing better, effective, and efficient ways of enhancing features of a healthy and sustainable community. McCain (2005) confirms that there are various steps, processes, and procedures engulf the concept of community problem solving. Some of the important steps include selection of an existing problem, carrying out an investigation, planning actions, taking actions, and exploring possible community concerns. Other steps including assessing various problem solving skills and development of visions for a sustainable future (McCain, 2005). Notably, the law enforcement initiative continues to be a common method in community solving problem. On the basis of the law enforcement initiatives, the following discussion provides an account of solving industrial pollution within a community. The account derives much of its information from both primary and secondary data.
Law enforcement initiatives continue to attract attention towards solving various community problems. It is indisputable that communities engage in economic activities for the purposes of production and consumption. Economic activities involve incorporation of industrialization, which requires the use of energy (McCain, 2005). Nonetheless, the use of some forms of energy has been a serious threat especially for environment. Industrial pollution causes other environmental problems such as air and water pollution besides emissions of harmful gaseous products that interfere with the ozone layer (Miller, Hess, & Orthmann, 2010). In the recent past, the community has experienced an increase in industrialization thus causing more environmental threats. Therefore, there has been the need to have effective law enforcement initiatives in a bid to controlling or regulating the industrial pollution.
Based on both primary and secondary information, it is clear that there are different ways of regulating or controlling levels of industrial pollution. Amongst the many ways of regulating or controlling industrial pollution include reduction in the use of energy, increasing aspects of energy-saving, use of environmental friendly sources or energy, and developing technological innovations capable of reducing the amount of energy used in industrial processes (Tietenberg, 2007). However, there are ways that may cause serious consequences to economic activities. For instance, reducing the amount of energy used within the industrial process is likely to cause a reduction in the quantity of product hence economic collapse.
Within the community it was necessary to identify the best alternative amongst the above mentioned alternatives. After a serious analysis and evaluation of each alternative, it was evident that there was a need to pass legislations on using environmental friendly sources of energy. Therefore, law enforcement initiatives towards adoption of environmental friendly sources of energy were proposed within the community (Miller, Hess, & Orthmann, 2010). Law enforcement initiatives within the community included passage of Environmental Protection Law, Water Pollution Prevention and Control Laws, Energy Conservation Laws, and Water and Soil Conservation Laws (Tietenberg, 2007). These law enforcement initiatives were developed by the community members. Every industry was required to abide by the requirements of each of the law initiative. The enforcement process involved the establishment of industries or companies that violated the legal requirements on the basis of preventing environmental pollution.
Conclusion
Every individual was involved in the enforcement process. The duties and responsibilities of community members involved identification of any company or industry that violated the provisions of the laws relating to environmental pollution control. Through these activities and actions, the community participated fully in identifying and solving environmental pollution problems. Indeed, the community involvement in solving the industrial pollution was amazing. Today, there has been a significant reduction in the industrial pollution since the introduction of the highlighted law enforcement initiatives.
References
McCain, T. (2005). Teaching for tomorrow: teaching content and problem-solving skills. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Miller, L. S., Hess, K. M., & Orthmann, C. H. (2010). Community policing: Partnerships for problem solving. Albany, NY: Delmar Pub.
Tietenberg, T. (2007). Environmental Economics and Policy. New York: Pearson Addison Wesley.
