Managing the Solid Waste Crisis |
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| Authors: | Hunter Bacot Terry Bowen Michael R. Fitzgerald |
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| Affiliation: | Hunter Bacot;is an assistant professor of political science and assistant director of the Center for the Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Systems at the University of Southwestern Louisiana. Dr. Bacot's research and teaching interests include environmental policy, media and public policy, state politics, and public administration. Terry Bowen;is an assistant professor in the department of political science and public administration at the University of North Florida. His research has appeared in American Politics Quarterly, the American Review of Public Administration, and Political Behavior. Dr. Bowen's research interests include environmental management, federalism, and judicial politics. Michael R. Fitzgerald;is a professor of political science and a senior fellow at the Energy Environment and Resources Center at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Fitzgerald's teaching and research interests include environmental policy, energy policy, public management, and the presidency. Dr. Fitzgerald is currently collaborating with Terry Bowen and Hunter Bacot on a state and local government textbook. |
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| Abstract: | Policymakers at all levels of government now face the difficult task of siting new waste facilities in the face of public apprehension and opposition. This study offers a causal model to evaluate the potential of operation and economic incentives for mitigating siting opposition while controlling for background characteristics and environmental attitudes. Among those incentives evaluated, local committee oversight, property tax credit, and money for schools proved to be the most useful options for tempering opposition among citizens. |
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