Daniel P Aldrich

Site Fights

Divisive Facilities and Civil Society in Japan and the West

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Site Fights stresses the importance of developing engaged civil society even in the absence of crisis, thereby making communities both less attractive to planners of controversial projects and more effective at resisting future threats.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 164mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780801476228
• ISBN-10: 0801476224
• Artikelnr.: 28031293

Autorenporträt

Daniel P. Aldrich

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Site Fights and Policy Tools
1 Picking Sites
2 A Logic of Tool Choice
3 Occasional Turbulence: Airport Siting in Japan and France
4 Dam the Rivers: Siting Water Projects in Japan and France
5 Trying to Change Hearts and Minds: Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Siting
6 David versus Goliath: French Nuclear Power Plant Siting
Conclusion: Areas for Future Investigation