Fb2 Superfund: The Political Economy of Risk ePub

by John A. Hird

Category:	Engineering
Subcategory:	Engineering and Transport
Author:	John A. Hird
ISBN:	0801848075
ISBN13:	978-0801848070
Language:	English
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1994)
Pages:	328
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Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994. 336 pp. Published: 1 December 1996. Keywords: political economy, Hird, Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins, University Press, Superfund, Baltimore. Johns Hopkins University Press. Tell us if something is incorrect. We aim to show you accurate product information. Manufacturers, suppliers and others provide what you see here, and we have not verified it. See our disclaimer. Superfund: The Political Economy Of Risk.

Superfund by John A. Hird, 1994, Johns Hopkins University Press .

Published 1994 by Johns Hopkins University Press in Baltimore. Finance, Government policy, Hazardous waste site remediation, Hazardous waste sites, Hazardous wastes, Risk assessment. Includes bibliographical references (p. -302) and index.

Superfund The Political Economy of Risk.

The Political Economy of Risk.

Superfund: The Political Economy of Environmental Risk. Sumario: Assessing and managing risks (Introduction to Superfund. Explaining and reforming Superfund (The political rationality of Superfund. Managing risks) - Efficiency, equity and distributive politics (Is Superfund and effective use of environmental resources?. Environmental equity and Superfund. How EPA allocates Superfund's resources. Reforming Superfund) - Appendix.

For the past dozen years the multibillion-dollar Federal hazardous waste clean-up programme, known as Superfund, has been mired in controversy. In addition to problems with Superfund financing, liability, and site clean-up priorities, the central predicament is that risk experts and the public disagree over the severity of Superfund site risks. The resulting policy stalemate, argues John Hird, is as unnecessary as it is counterproductive. Now, in the first book to discuss Superfund within the larger context of environmental risk management, Hird offers not only a rigorous evaluation and critique of the programme but also an informed solution to the current impasse. Hird begins by analyzing the political and economic factors that shape and are shaped by, Superfund. These include analyses of risk assessment and risk management, the relative risks posed by Superfund sites compared with other environmental problems, environmental equity and Superfund policy, the extent to which political institutions have steered Superfund's course, and a political analysis of why the Superfund programme has evolved the way it has. He recommends significant policy reforms that would improve Superfund efficiency and encourage public participation in managing environmental risks. And he shows how creative public institutions can be crafted to address environmental risk management disputes - even ones as contentious as Superfund. Hird concludes that policymakers must recognize the multiple perspectives in managing risks and build political institutions to translate those differing views into public policy. Failure to do so, he argues, will doom controversial programmes such as Superfund. This book aims not only to improve Superfund policy but also to stimulate creative thinking about how governments can better manage risks to public health and the environment.