When Siting Principles Conflict. J. Baxter, J. Eyles, and S. Elliott, Environmental Science Program, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada T2N 1N4 and McMaster Institute of Environment and Health, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada L8S 4K1
This paper contributes to the noxious facilities siting literature by exploring some of the implications for managing risk by adhering to recently recommended principles for competent and equitable siting. Three principles, trust, equity and public participation, are critically assessed through a qualitative case-study of a landfill siting process in Peel, Ontario. The principles in fact conflicted with one another to help undermine the siting process. Issues of trust and equity were at odds as were spatial and procedural equity. Further the relationship between interregional and intraregional equity was compromised. Everything conflicted with public participation bringing the process to a halt. Implications for siting and further research are discussed.
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