1st Edition
Living in a Contaminated World Community Structures, Environmental Risks and Decision Frameworks
By Ellen Omohundro
Copyright 2004
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Originally published in 2004. Using innovative methodology which considers both social and biophysical parameters to examine a range of mining and mineral production sites (including the controversial Superfund sites in the USA), this book focuses on how environmental regulators, local residents and other stakeholders work together to define the communities affected by environmental hazards and to... Read more
Contents: Bringing community into environmental decision-making: an overview of the theoretical orientation; Methods: new strategies for old problems; Defining environmental risks: an overview of the superfund process; This land is whose land? the role of shared history and community identity in environmental decision-making; Defining environmental risks: the case of Teledyne Wah Chang Albany, Oregon; Defining environmental risks: the case of the Dawn Mining Company, Washington; Public participation in environmental decision-making: what is it and when does it work?; Lessons learned about community structure and environmental decision-making: where do we go from here?; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Ellen Omohundro
