Calculating risks? : the spatial and political dimensions of hazardous waste policy /

Annotation Hazardous wastes often head the public's list of environmental concerns. Exaggerated estimates of cancer epidemics arising from waste sites generate a sense of alarm, but little is known about the real extent of the health threats. In this book James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, James, 1961-
Otros Autores: Viscusi, W. Kip
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, 1999.
Colección:Regulation of economic activity ; 21.
Temas:
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency.
United States. > Environmental Protection Agency
Hazardous wastes > Government policy > United States.
Hazardous waste site remediation > Government policy > United States.
Environmental policy > United States.
Hazardous waste sites > Law and legislation > United States.
Risk > United States.
Dépôts de déchets dangereux > Restauration > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Risque > États-Unis.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > Waste Management.
Environmental policy
Hazardous waste site remediation > Government policy
Hazardous waste sites > Law and legislation
Hazardous wastes > Government policy
Risk
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Measuring Individual Risks
  • 3. Assessing Conservatism in Individual Risk Estimates / P. Christen Dockins
  • 4. Populations at Risk
  • 5. Costs of Conservatism: Cost-Effectiveness of Site Remediations
  • 6. Are Risk Regulators "Rational"?
  • 7. Environmental Equity at Superfund Sites
  • 8. Market Reactions to Site Risks / Ted Gayer
  • 9. Implementing Risk Reforms in Site Remediations
  • App. A. Assessing Human Health Risks and Remediation Costs.

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