Hazardous Wastes in Rural America: Impacts, Implications, and Options for Rural Communities Contributor(s): Murdock, Steven (Author), Krannich, Richard S. (Author), Leistritz, Larry F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847691004 ISBN-13: 9780847691005 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: Based on the most comprehensive, multi-site, and multi-dimensional study completed to date on waste-facility siting and management in rural areas in the U.S., Hazardous Wastes in Rural America establishes the impacts of waste facilities for a range of rural communities that have experienced alternative stages of waste-facility siting and operation process. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - Social Science | Sociology - Rural |
Dewey: 363.728 |
LCCN: 98-53014 |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.84" W x 8.95" (0.72 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Topical - Ecology |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The storage of hazardous, chemical, and nuclear wastes is one of the most intractable problems facing the United States. Based on the most comprehensive, multi-site, and multi-dimensional study completed to date on waste-facility siting and management in rural areas in the U.S., Hazardous Wastes in Rural America establishes the impacts of waste facilities for a range of rural communities that have experienced alternative stages of waste-facility siting and operation process. The work provides a comprehensive assessment of the impacts and dimensions of waste-facility siting and operation; examines the effects of waste-related projects on the labor force, business activity, and on public service costs and revenues; and investigates such key policy issues as the effects of community economic incentives, levels of community resident participation, and leader-resident differences, among others. |