Hazardous Waste Siting and Democratic Choice Contributor(s): Munton, Don (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0878406255 ISBN-13: 9780878406258 Publisher: Georgetown University Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: November 1996 Click for more in this series: American Governance and Public Policy |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Political Science |
Dewey: 363.728 |
LCCN: 96-11858 |
Age Level: 22-UP |
Grade Level: 17-UP |
Series: American Governance and Public Policy |
Physical Information: 416 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume analyzes the politics of hazardous waste siting and explores promising new strategies for siting facilities. Existing approaches to waste siting facilities have almost entirely failed, across all industrialized countries, largely because of community or NIMBY (Not in My Backyard) opposition. This volume examines a new strategy, voluntary choice siting--a process requiring mutual decisions negotiated between facility developers and the host communities. This bottom-up approach preserves democratic rights, recognizes the importance of public perceptions, and addresses issues of equity. In this collection, an interdisciplinary group of experts probes recent examples of waste facilities siting in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan. Both the successes and the failures presented offer practical insights into the siting process. The book includes an introductory review of the literature on facility siting and the NIMBY phenomenon as well as instructive essays on the use of voluntary processes in facilities siting. This book will be of value to policymakers, industry, and environmental groups, as well as to those working in environmental studies and engineering, political science, public health, geography, planning, and business economics. |
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