‘It's Not Because You Like It Any Better...’: Residents' Reappraisal of a Landfill Site

Elliott, Susan J.; Taylor, S. Martin; Hampson, Christine; Dunn, James R.; Eyles, John; Walter, Stephen D.; Streiner, David L.

doi:10.1006/jevp.1997.0055

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“…However, Kahneman and Tversky's (1979) experimental evidence shows that people perceive and evaluate new risks differently from risks that are common and empirical analyses show that perceived negative impacts of solid waste infrastructure lessen over time (see McClelland et al, 1990;Kiel and McClain, 1995;Elliott et al, 1997). Therefore, a key feature of our study design is an ex-ante -ex-post survey structure to allow for an examination of how attitudes change in host communities over time.…”

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“…Moreover, research on this question of host compensation has largely a United States (U.S.) focus. Elliott et al (1997) produce an excellent study on community attitudes to landfill development from a random sample of households, stratified by distance, in Milton, Ontario. The end sample is small (108) but open ended questions give a great deal of attitudinal data.…”

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Protest responses and community attitudes toward accepting compensation to host waste disposal infrastructure

Ferreira¹,

Gallagher²

2010

Land Use Policy

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Protest responses and community attitudes toward accepting compensation to host waste disposal infrastructure

Ferreira¹,

Gallagher²

2010

Land Use Policy

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“…Borrowing from both the environmental risk and stress literature, we characterize industrial activity as a hazardous condition and ambient stressor (Vandermoere 2008;Edelstein 2004;Matthies et al 2000;Elliott et al 1997;Baum et al 1992;Pearlin et al 1981). Further, we argue that the psychological distress associated with living near industrial activity is socially patterned because social roles will influence the exposure to this stressor (Downey 2003) and access to stress-coping resources (Thoits 1995;Lin and Ensel 1989;Pearlin et al 1981).…”

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Proximate industrial activity and psychological distress

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This paper examines the role that gender, occupational status, and family status play in moderating the effect of industrial activity on the psychological well-being of nearby residents. Using a unique spatial assessment of industrial activity and an environmental risk/social stressor framework in conjunction with individual-level data from the Detroit Area Study (DAS) and demographic data from the U.S. census, we find that residents of neighborhoods in close proximity to industrial activity report elevated levels of psychological distress compared to residents of neighborhoods removed from this type of activity. These influences are more pronounced among women but gender differences are also contingent upon occupational and family statuses. We show that specific combinations of work and family statuses make persons particularly vulnerable to the influence of this environmental stressor and women are two and a half times more likely than men to have these vulnerable statuses. This study makes an important contribution to the environmental health literature because it reminds researchers of the fundamental influence of social roles when examining the link between environmental risks and mental health.

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“…Residents living further away from the landfill, in Panorama, reported that the landfill is an issue for those living closer to it; concern thus shows an association with distance (De Feo et al [16], Elliot et al [33]). These residents identified odours but didn't find these odours distinct, still most of them identified that exposure to these odours are risky to human and environmental health.…”

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The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

Roffe¹,

Moolla²,

Grab³

2017

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Landfills produce pollutants that negatively impact humans and the environment. In developing countries such as South Africa, landfilling is the most common form of solid waste management. People living in close proximity to landfills are particularly at risk to harmful pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Although VOCs only constitute ~1% of landfill gas (LFG) emissions, they are of concern as the risk associated with these pollutants is high. Of particular concern within the VOCs, is the BTEX group (viz. benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes). These pollutants are wind dispersed to surrounding residential areas, exposing residents to hazardous gases. BTEX LFG emissions were quantified and spatially mapped using Radiello Passive Samplers (analysed by a GC with built-in FID) in residential areas around a landfill in Roodepoort, South Africa. The BTEX levels ranged from 8.83 to 39.62 µg.m -3 . The effect of the slow south to south-westerly wind speeds of ~2.44 m.s -1 , the valley terrain, and the location of the landfill resulted in a BTEX 'hotspot' north and east of the landfill site. Combined with the passive sampling strategy, a study on residents perceptions revealed that residents were concerned with this 'hotspot' area and linked it to the landfill site. They were furthermore concerned with the landfill's associated pollution and odours. It was concluded that residents living closer to the landfill were at higher risk to BTEX, especially during the winter season. Future work should include sampling at the landfill site, specifically over different time frames to include seasonality, and possibly using different sampling methods.

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‘It's Not Because You Like It Any Better...’: Residents' Reappraisal of a Landfill Site

Cited by 44 publications

References 16 publications

Protest responses and community attitudes toward accepting compensation to host waste disposal infrastructure

Protest responses and community attitudes toward accepting compensation to host waste disposal infrastructure

Proximate industrial activity and psychological distress

The Influence of Btex Landfill Gas Emissions: A Case Study of Residents in Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

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