Resident's concerns and attitudes towards Solid Waste Management facilities

Because of limited space, the siting and construction of a new SWM facility is a big challenge in Japan. An SWM facility should be socially accepted as well as environmentally and economically sound. This study aimed to investigate people's concerns about SWM facilities and their attitudes towa...

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Published in:Waste management (Elmsford) 2004-01, Vol.24 (5), p.437-451
Main Authors: Rahardyan, B, Matsuto, T, Kakuta, Y, Tanaka, N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
ATTITUDES
Cities
CONSTRUCTION
COST
Demography
Discriminant Analysis
Environment
Environmental Pollution - statistics & numerical data
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Exact sciences and technology
Factor Analysis, Statistical
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Japan
Perception
POLLUTION
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OPINION
SOLID WASTES
SOUND WAVES
Surveys and Questionnaires
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Waste Management - methods
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Summary:Because of limited space, the siting and construction of a new SWM facility is a big challenge in Japan. An SWM facility should be socially accepted as well as environmentally and economically sound. This study aimed to investigate people's concerns about SWM facilities and their attitudes towards such facilities. A questionnaire was designed based on literature reviews and was sent to residents in three municipalities with different backgrounds. The questions covered concerns on the impact of an SWM facility, management aspects, unfairness of facility siting, and attitudes to facility construction. Of the many concerns, “pollution and health effect” had the highest rating, followed by “reliability”, “damage to nature” and “cost”. The rating was different between municipalities, reflecting their geographic and social backgrounds. Using factor analysis, correlations among concerns were analyzed, and five principal components were extracted, namely “pollution”, “nuisance”, “facility management”, “planning of facility”, and “merit/demerit”. Although obvious correlations were not found between individual items of concern and attitudes to construction of a facility, the discriminant analysis indicated dominant concerns of attitudes, but the disagreement between actual impact and citizens were found. As for attributes, the “opposed” attitude decreased for residents who had visited an SWM facility, even if they had only seen it from outside.
ISSN:0956-053X
1879-2456
DOI:10.1016/j.wasman.2003.11.011