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Don't Burn It Here: Grassroots Challenges to Trash Incinerators

by Edward J. Walsh

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Book News Annotation:

A sociological examination of the anti-incineration movement. The authors analyze eight case studies of proposals to study municipal incinerators. The research presented is based on interviews, focus group discussions, newspaper articles, and questionnaire responses from participants on both sides of the conflicts.
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Synopsis:

In Don't Burn It Here, sociologists Edward Walsh, Rex Warland, and D. Clayton Smith examine the grassroots anti-incineration movement through eight case studies of proposals to build municipal incinerators. These cases, set in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey, are comparable to hundreds of others across the United States. The authors' research is based on interviews, focus group discussions, extensive newspaper files, and questionnaire responses from participants on both sides of the conflicts.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-282) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780271016641
With:
Warland, Rex
With:
Smith, D. Clayton
With:
Warland, Rex
Author:
Walsh, Edward J.
Author:
Smith, D. Clayton
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Location:
University Park, Pa. :
Subject:
Environmental Science
Subject:
Refuse and refuse disposal
Subject:
Environmentalism
Subject:
Incinerators
Subject:
Ecology - Recycling
Subject:
Incinerators -- Government policy -- United States -- Citizen participation -- Case studies.
Subject:
Life Sciences - Ecology - Recycling
Subject:
Environmentalism -- United States.
Subject:
Incinerators - Government policy -
Series Volume:
RCP105
Publication Date:
August 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
280
Dimensions:
8.94x6.03x.82 in. .93 lbs.
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