Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, Neighborhood Change, and Neighborhood Quality.

نویسندگان

  • M Greenberg
  • D Schneider
چکیده

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 neighborhoods with unremediated hazardous waste sites and about the same as neighborhoods in northern New Jersey and the United States as a whole. Newer residents considered these formerly tainted areas to be opportunities to upgrade their housing and living conditions. Long-term residents retained the negative image of the blemished neighborhood.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Environmental Health Perspectives

دوره 102  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994