Beyond NIMBY: Hazardous Waste Siting in Canada and the United States
Dec 2010 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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The virtual inability to open new hazardous waste management facilities in Canada and the United States stems directly from a form of community opposition so common and vehement that it is commonly identified as a syndrome: Not In My Back Yard (or NIMBY). Whether such facilities are proposed by governmental agencies or by private waste management firms, communities are usually shocked to learn that they have been selected to host these facilities and take collective action to thwart them. Such actions have blocked many poorly planned facilities and stimulated greater interest in preventive, waste reduction strategies. They have also, however, thwarted the adoption of new waste management technologies and created serious geographic inequities in the distribution of waste management responsibility across the two nations. Beyond NIMBY examines positive alternatives to prevailing approaches to siting and the familiar NIMBY outcomes. In particular, it shows that certain siting strategies in Canadian provinces and American states have created successful siting agreements, broad public support, and comprehensive systems of waste management and prevention. These strategies include continuous public involvement in waste policy deliberations, a commitment to pursue siting only among communities that volunteer after extended democratic dialogue, and extensive packages of economic compensation and assurances of safe, long-term facility management. Equally important are guarantees that any new facility will be only part of a broader waste strategy for a particular province, state, or region and will not be allowed to become a magnet for wastes from areas that have not taken serious steps to address their own waste problems. The book concludes with the suggestion that these strategies can be applied to other NIMBY-blocked proposals, such as siting for prisons, drug and alcohol treatment centers, and nursing homes. "Rabe's book should contribute to the ongoing debate over hazardous waste facility siting. His lucid and convincing cases provide a meaningful starting point to push the level of debate beyond atheoretical anecdotes of success and failure."-Publius
The virtual inability to open new hazardous waste management facilities in Canada and the United States stems directly from a form of community opposition so common and vehement that it is commonly identified as a syndrome: Not In My Back Yard (or NIMBY). Whether such facilities are proposed by g...
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Barry G. Rabe is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan. He also held the J. Ira and Nikki Harris Family Chair of Public Policy at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. Rabe regularly advises elected and appointed officials across governmental levels in the United States and Canada. He is the author or co-author of six books including Trump, the Administrative Presidency, and Federalism and Statehouse and Greenhouse.
Barry G. Rabe is the Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Emeritus of Environmental Policy at the University of Michigan. He also held the J. Ira and Nikki Harris Family Chair of Public Policy at the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. Rabe regularly advises elected and appointed officials across governm...
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