Whose backyard, whose risk : fear and fairness in toxic and nuclear waste siting / Michael B. Gerrard.
1994
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Gerrard, Michael, 1951-
Title
Whose backyard, whose risk : fear and fairness in toxic and nuclear waste siting / Michael B. Gerrard.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1994]
Copyright
©1994
Call Number
HD4483 .G47 1994
ISBN
0262071606 (alk. paper)
Description
ix, 335 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)30545774
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-325) and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
I
Setting the Stage
1
2The Origins and Disposal of Nonradioactive Wastes
7
3The Origins and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes
25
4How Siting Decisions Are Made
47
5Evaluating the Current Siting Processes
67
II
Prior Proposals for Reform
123
6Consensual Proposals
125
7Coercive Proposals
141
8Avoidance Proposals
145
III
A Proposed Solution: Local Control, State Responsibility, National Allocation
167
9A Description of the Proposal
169
10Evaluating the Proposed Siting Process
195
11Practicalities of Implementation
205
Epilogue: How a Siting Decision Could Be Made
219
Abbreviations
225
Notes
227
Index
327