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Main Title Potential of the Theory of Compensation for Mitigating Public Opposition to Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Siting: Some Evidence from Five Massachusetts Communities.
Author Portney, K. E. ;
CORP Author Tufts Univ., Medford, MA.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
Publisher Sep 85
Year Published 1985
Stock Number PB95-250965
Additional Subjects Massachusetts ; Hazardous materials ; Waste disposal ; Compensation ; Public opinion ; Risk assessment ; Sites ; Communities ; Econoic analysis ; Attitudes ; Public relations ; Case studies ; Reprints ; Facility siting
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Abstract The theory of economic compensation is explained. The way in which residents of five Massachusetts communities react to proposals directed at overcoming local opposition to siting a hazardous waste treatment facility is analyzed. Residents were asked to respond to 11 specific proposals designed to allay people's fears and to compensate them for tangible losses or costs they might incur. None of the economic incentive proposals produced significant attitudinal change. The article concludes that public policy toward siting hazardous waste treatment facilties must address the technique of mitigating risk and of convincing people that those risks have in fact been mitigated.
Supplementary Notes Pub. in Policy Studies Jnl., v14 n1 Sep 85. Sponsored by Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.
NTIS Title Notes Journal article.
Title Annotations Reprint: Potential of the Theory of Compensation for Mitigating Public Opposition to Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility Siting: Some Evidence from Five Massachusetts Communities.
Category Codes 68C; 92C; 43F; 91A
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 100/00
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 530501120
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