| Hazardous Waste Sites: The Credibility Gap Contributor(s): Greenberg, Michael R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0882851020 ISBN-13: 9780882851020 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 1984 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Development - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Waste Management - Political Science | Public Policy - Environmental Policy |
| Dewey: 363.728 |
| LCCN: 2012018554 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.88 lbs) 295 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Mutual distrust defines the relationship between those who are the sources of hazardous wastes and those who oversee their activities. A lack of credibility, argue the authors, is a formidable, if not the biggest, obstacle to properly managing hazardous waste in the United States. Nowhere is the credibility gap wider than where there are hazardous waste management facilities or where sites have been proposed. The purpose of this book is to provide comprehensive perspectives on hazardous waste sites in the United States. The sources of hazardous waste are described along with the scientific and legal climates that allowed wastes to be discarded with little attention to impacts. Evidence is weighed for and against public health, as well as environmental, economic, and social damages at abandoned sites. Political processes and analytical techniques are suggested and illustrated for those who are involved in the siting of new facilities. A strategy for hazardous waste management is offered, together with approaches to substantially reduce the difficulties faced by local planners and site managers who face a hostile public. A historical legacy of mismanagement, fueled by exaggeration of impacts and by a lack of information, characterizes hazardous waste management in the United States. This book will be important to planners, environmental scientists, and public health officials. In order to assure accessibility for the casual reader, the authors keep the explanation of mathematical methods and technologies in this area to a minimum. |
Contributor Bio(s): Greenberg, Michael R.: - Michael R. Greenberg is professor and director of the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment of Rutgers University; director of the US DHS-funded Center for Transportation Safety, Security and Risk at Rutgers University; and associate dean of the faculty of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Anderson, Richard F.: -Richard F. Anderson is professor in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Boston University. His work has appeared in the Journal of Planning Literature. |