Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, Neighborhood Change, and Neighborhood Quality.
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Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, Neighborhood Change, and Neighborhood Quality.
We tested the hypothesis that neighborhoods with hazardous waste sites may no longer be undesirable places to live if they have been at least partly remediated. We collected 377 questionnaires (42% response rate) administered from within one-half mile of the number 1, 4, and 12 hazardous waste sites on the National Priority List (Superfund). These neighborhoods were rated higher quality than ne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.94102542