Hazardous decisions: Hazardous waste siting in the UK, The Netherlands and Canada - Institutions and discourses Autor Huitema D. Fecha 2003 Fuente IUCN (ID: MON-074247) Editor | Lugar de publicación Springer | New York, NY, USA ISBN 1-4020-0969-0 Páginas 520 p. Tipo de documento Trabajo en serie/trabajo en varios tomos Idioma Inglés Campo de aplicación Internacional País/Territorio Reino Unido, Países Bajos, Canadá Materia Desechos y sustancias peligrosas Palabra clave Residuos peligrosos Eliminación de desechos Resumen Contents: 1. Hercules, Leviathan or Promotheus? 2. Knowledge, competition or dialogue? Institutional variations and their relation to discourse on facility siting 3. Hazardous decisions: The problems of hazardous waste, institutional responses and the ideas underlying them 4. The UK: Political control with benefits of judical authority? 5. The Netherlands: Participation through the court system 6. Canada: Community-based siting 7. Comparison of case studies: Institutions, discourses, actors and decision quality in nine cases 8. Summary and conclusion