Hazardous Wastes in Rural America Impacts,

Based on the most comprehensive, multi-site, and multi-dimensional study completed to date on waste-facility siting and management in rural areas in the U.S., Hazardous Wastes in Rural America establishes the impacts of waste facilities for a range of rural communities that have experienced alternative stages of waste-facility siting and operation process.

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Study Methodology	p. 9
Selection of Study Areas	p. 9
Data Collection Procedures	p. 13
Initial Study Area Observational Visits	p. 13
Resident and Leader Surveys	p. 14
Industry Surveys	p. 18
Secondary Data Collection	p. 18
Analytic Techniques	p. 19
Description of Study Communities	p. 19
Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Waste Facility Siting in the Rural United States	p. 33
Factors Determining the Nature and Magnitude of Impacts	p. 34
Economic and Fiscal Impacts	p. 36
Findings	p. 38
Demographic and Public Service Impacts	p. 47
Demographic Impacts of Waste Developments	p. 48
Impacts on Community Services	p. 82
Social and Special Impacts of Waste Facility Siting and Operation	p. 95
Characteristics of Respondents by Community Type and Leadership Status	p. 97
Support for Siting and Operation of Waste Facilities in the Study Area	p. 98
Perceptions of Risk	p. 104
Factors Affected by the Waste Facility Siting Process	p. 109
Knowledge and Attitudinal Factors Affecting Perceptions of Waste Projects	p. 131
Responses to Developer Incentives/Community Compensation Programs	p. 145
Summary of Descriptive and Crosstabular Findings	p. 157
A Multivariate Analysis of Determinants of Risk and Favorability toward Siting	p. 158
Summary, Conclusions, and Implications	p. 173
Major Findings	p. 174
Implications for the Knowledge Base in Impact Assessment	p. 176
Limitations Affecting and Implications for Research on Socioeconomic Impacts	p. 178
Implications for Rural Communities and Waste Facility Siting	p. 180
Conclusion	p. 183
Appendix	p. 185
References	p. 221
Index	p. 229
About the Authors	p. 233
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Hazardous Wastes in Rural America Impacts, Implications, and Options for Rural Communities

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