Calculating Risks? The Spatial and Political Dimensions of Hazardous Waste Policy (Regulation of Economic Activity)
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Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9852469M
- ISBN-139780262082785
- ISBN-100262082780
- OCLC Control Number42856089
- OCLC Control Number40698662
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Numbercalculatingrisks0000hami
- Library of Congress Control Number99017964
- Goodreads2725969
Classifications
- LCCHC110.E5 H315 1999
Description
"In this book James T. Hamilton and W. Kip Viscusi present the first comprehensive analysis of the magnitude of hazardous waste risks and of the efficacy of the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program."--BOOK JACKET. "By matching agency decision data to detailed census information using geographic information systems (GIS) technology, the authors show that most hazardous waste sites do not pose sufficient risk to merit the most stringent cleanup options. Those sites that do pose considerable risk to exposed populations often receive inadequate attention, because government decisions to target cleanups are based more on political factors than on actual risks. The authors propose policy reforms that could significantly reduce cleanup costs without sacrificing the protection of human health."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
During the 1980s risks from hazardous waste sites ranked as the top environmental problem in popular opinion surveys.
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