Since the 1960s and 70s, a wave of environmental awareness has
swept the United States. News reports of oil spills, DDT damage to
wildlife, and the nuclear near-disaster at Three Mile Island have,
along with other incidents, contributed to a widespread distrust of
industry and a collective fear of all chemical processing
facilities. This fear has been translated, according to Kent
Portney, into local political opposition to the siting of much
needed hazardous waste treatment plants--the NIMBY (not in my
backyard) syndrome. The failure of federal, state, and local
governments to effectively control improper hazardous waste
disposal has further strengthened the NIMBY syndrome. Portney
argues that once it is understood what motivates the array of local
attitudes toward hazardous waste treatment facilities, and the
political constraints placed on the search for solutions, effective
compromises can be reached.
The book begins by focusing on the facility siting dilemma and
what can be done to find new policies that work. Chapter two
analyzes what does and does not work in easing the effects of the
NIMBY syndrome. Democratic political processes are investigated in
chapter three, especially those that contribute to the development
of NIMBY opposition. Chapters four and five present empirical
correlates of changes in peoples' attitudes and explain how people
can ultimately be convinced to support local hazardous waste
treatment facilities. Social, cultural, and psychological
construction of opposition to facility siting is studied in chapter
six. Portney presents viable solutions to the facility siting
problem, in light of the NIMBY syndrome, in the concluding chapter.
This important book will be of great value to practitioners facing
actual siting decisions, members of statewide siting boards,
private sector parties wishing to site facilities, and those
teaching courses in environmental policy or politics.
General
Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
February 1991 |
First published: |
February 1991 |
Authors: |
Kent Portney
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
200 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86569-016-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
The environment >
Waste management >
General
|
LSN: |
0-86569-016-2 |
Barcode: |
9780865690165 |
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