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Accounting for the shortage of solid waste disposal facilities in Southern China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2001

Shan-Shan Chung  and
Chi-Sun Poon
Shan-Shan Chung
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
Chi-Sun Poon
Affiliation:
Research Centre for Urban Environmental Technology and Management, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
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Most developed communities, such as Japan, the European Union and the USA, are experiencing a shortage of sites for waste disposal facilities (WDFs) (e.g. Alter 1991; Schall 1992; Chilton 1993; Ikeguchi 1994; Anon. 1994; Berenyi 1996; European Commission 1999). Strong control of local public bodies over site selection decisions and public opposition appear to be the chief causes (Schall 1992; Charles 1993; Capua & Magagni 2000). Recently, in the USA adequate landfill capacity has been ensured, but mainly because of the ease of planning permission for new very large regional landfills (Berenyi 1999). This further illustrates the artificial nature of waste disposal site availability.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 99 - 103
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© 2001 Foundation for Environmental Conservation

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