Siting Hazardous Waste Treatment Facilities: The Nimby Syndrome

by Kent E. Portney

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865690162
• ISBN13: 9780865690165
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"