Compensation for risks: host community benefits in siting locally unwanted facilities |
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Authors: | Jeffery J Himmelberger Samuel J Ratick Allen L White |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Technology, Environment, and Development (CENTED), Clark University, 01610 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;(2) Environment, Technology and Society Program (ETS), Clark University, 01610 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;(3) Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, 01610 Worcester, Massachusetts, USA;(4) Tellus Institute, 89 Broad Street, 02110-3542 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Abstract: | This article analyzes the recent negotiations connected with siting 24 solid-waste landfills in Wisconsin. We examine the
association between the type and amount of compensation paid to host communities by facility developers and the size of facilities,
certain facility characteristics, the timing of negotiated agreements, the size of the host community, and the socioeconomic
status of the host area. Our findings suggest that the level of compensation after adjusting for landfill capacity is positively
associated with the percentage of total facility capacity dedicated to host community use, positively associated with the
percentage of people of the host area who are in poverty, and larger for public facilities that accept municipal wastes. Other
explanatory variables we examined, whose association with levels of compensation proved statistically insignificant, were
facility size, facility status (new vs expansion), facility use (countyonly vs multicounty), timing of negotiation, host community
size, and the host area education level, population density, and per capita income. We discuss the policy implications of
our principal findings and future research questions in light of the persistent opposition surrounding the siting of solid-waste
and other waste-management facilities. |
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Keywords: | Compensation Benefits Unwanted facilities Negotiations Siting Solid waste |
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