Whose backyard, whose risk : fear and fairness in toxic and nuclear waste siting /

An environmental lawyer offers an analysis of practices that contribute to the failure of successful waste disposal and suggests alternative methods to tackle various forms of waste and effectively allocate land with a minimum of risk.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gerrard, Michael, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Hazardous waste sites > Location > Government policy > United States.
Hazardous waste sites > Government policy > United States.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Waste Management.
Hazardous waste sites > Government policy
Hazardous waste sites > Location > Government policy
Afvalstortplaatsen.
Milieubeleid.
Industrial Management.
Management.
Business & Economics.
United States
Dangerous waste materials > Disposal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Setting the stage
  • The origins and disposal of nonradioactive wastes
  • The origins and disposal of radioactive wastes
  • How siting decisions are made
  • Evaluating the current siting processes
  • Prior proposals for reform
  • Consensual proposals
  • Coercive proposals
  • Avoidance proposals
  • A proposed solution: local control, state responsibility, national allocation
  • A description of the proposal
  • Evaluating the proposed siting process
  • Practicalities of implementatioN. epilogue: how a siting decision could be made.

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