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Supporting environmental quality: Developing an infrastructure for design
Author(s) -
Allenby Braden
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
environmental quality management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.249
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6483
pISSN - 1088-1913
DOI - 10.1002/tqem.3310020311
Subject(s) - superfund , hazardous waste , liability , clean air act , environmental planning , environmental quality , waste management , environmental science , business , compensation (psychology) , toxic waste , environmental protection , engineering , air pollution , law , political science , finance , psychology , psychoanalysis , chemistry , organic chemistry
Ten years ago, environmental problems were easy to define: The Hudson and Potomac were polluted; Los Angeles had lousy air; some waste dumps were highly toxic. Solutions were also relatively straightforward: the Clean Air Act for dirty airsheds; the Clean Water Act for dirty rivers; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, better known as Superfund) for hazardous waste sites. Unfortunately, reality is not quite so neat. We now know that we were seeing—and treating—symptoms, not the disease itself.