Danger All Around: Waste Storage Crisis on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast
Author:   Joel B. Goldsteen
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
ISBN:  

9780292722514


Pages:   279
Publication Date:   01 May 1993
Format:   Paperback
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Danger All Around: Waste Storage Crisis on the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast


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Author:   Joel B. Goldsteen
Publisher:   University of Texas Press
Imprint:   University of Texas Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780292722514


ISBN 10:   0292722516
Pages:   279
Publication Date:   01 May 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acronyms and Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Defining the Problem and Setting the Scene 2. The Toxic Texas Coast 3. Environmental Effects on Waste Disposal in Texas 4. Texas Waste Sites 5. The Lethal Louisiana Coast 6. Environmental Factors in Louisiana Waste Disposal 7. Louisiana Waste Sites 8. Public Health and Industrial Land Use 9. Regulatory Framework for Waste Sites 10. Land-Use Planning for Environmental Protection: Waste Sites and the Future Notes Selected References Index

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Danger All Around paints a shocking and ugly picture of the failure of federal, state, and local government to regulate and protect the natural environment and to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare. ... This is an extraordinary book with a frightening vision of an increasingly polluted and dangerous tomorrow. --Bruce Mc Clendon, City Planner


"""Danger All Around paints a shocking and ugly picture of the failure of federal, state, and local government to regulate and protect the natural environment and to protect the public's health, safety, and welfare. ... This is an extraordinary book with a frightening vision of an increasingly polluted and dangerous tomorrow."" --Bruce Mc Clendon, City Planner"


Author Information

Joel B. Goldsteen is an associate professor of city and regional planning at the Institute of Urban Studies of the University of Texas at Arlington.

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