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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Basing Superfund Cleanups on Future Land Uses: Promising Remedy or Dubious Nostrum?
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| Autores: |
Wernstedt, Kris
Hersh, Robert
Probst, Katherine N.
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| Data: |
2005-11-08
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| Ano: |
1997
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| Palavras-chave: |
Land use
Economic development
Superfund
Land Economics/Use
Q24
Q28
R52
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| Resumo: |
Supporters of the effort to link cleanups at hazardous waste sites to the sites' expected land uses claim that amending language in the federal Superfund statute to allow this may yield a number of benefits. These include rationalizing the cleanup process and decreasing cleanup costs, promoting economic development in the local communities that host Superfund sites, and helping such communities exercise more control over the cleanups. However, interviews with Superfund stakeholders and a detailed case study call into question these arguments. The current role of land use in cleanup, uncertainties about whether economic development is likely at the bulk of Superfund sites, the long-run viability of institutional controls, the willingness of communities to accept cleanups that leave contamination on-site, and the nature of public involvement all suggest that the benefits of tying land use to remedy selection may not be so straight forward.
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| Tipo: |
Working or Discussion Paper
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
18919
http://purl.umn.edu/10540
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
Resources for the Future>Discussion Papers
Discussion Paper 98-03
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| Formato: |
23
application/pdf
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