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Not in My Town: Conflicting Views on the Siting of a Hazardous Waste Incinerator
Author(s) -
Faragó Klára,
Vári Anna,
Vecsenyi János
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1989.tb01257.x
Subject(s) - hazardous waste , argumentation theory , incineration , environmental planning , stakeholder , frame (networking) , perspective (graphical) , engineering , computer science , geography , political science , waste management , epistemology , public relations , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , philosophy
In recent years a large number of conflicts associated with environmental risks have arisen in Hungary. The case study described here is related to the siting of a hazardous waste incinerator in Dorog. First, the history of the siting procedure is outlined in terms of the multiparty, multiattribute decision framework. Subsequently, the case reveals how stakeholder groups can be identified in the structure of decision‐making, how they think about the object causing the conflict, about the conflict itself, and the possibilities of resolving it. In investigating the conflict, a combination of analytical tools were applied. The multiple‐perspective model of Linstone and the argumentation analysis of Toulmin provided the frame for analyzing the information collected by interviews in the affected town, Dorog, and two other towns affected to different degrees in environmental problems.