Local facility hazard risk controversy and non-local hazard risk perception
Local facility hazard risk controversy and non-local hazard risk perception
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DOI：
10.1080/13669877.2012.737821
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发表时间：
2013-05
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
S. LaRock;J. Baxter
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作者：
S. LaRock;J. Baxter
设施选址争议既涉及某个地方的社会政治，也涉及该设施带来的风险；然而，关于一种灾害的局部争议如何影响对其他非局部灾害风险的认知，人们知之甚少。我们的探索性研究测试了这样一种观点，即当地设施风险争议（垃圾填埋场扩建）与对更广泛的潜在危险设施的风险的整体敏感性有关。我们使用逻辑回归模型对居住在最近扩建或拟扩建的两个垃圾填埋场附近的 205 名居民进行问卷调查。使用心理测量风险变量、风险变量的文化理论和社会人口变量作为对照，以了解与威胁和治理（例如公平性和信托公平）相关的就地风险/背景变量是否不仅可以预测来自垃圾填埋场的风险，还可以预测来自其他三个潜在危险设施（焚化炉、化学设施和核设施）的风险。就地风险/背景变量可以预测所有危害，但跨模型的预测变量组合几乎没有一致性。结果表明，设施争议与居民如何看待非本地设施危害的风险有关，而且这种影响因地点而异。这表明需要在这一领域进行更多研究，并暗示风险危害争议可能会促进局部风险规避场所或更广泛的风险规避社区。
Facility siting disputes are as much about the socio-politics in a place as they are about the risks posed by the facility; yet not much is known about how localized controversy about one hazard effects the perception of other, non-local, hazard risks. Our exploratory study tests the idea that a local facility risk controversy (landfill expansion) is tied to an overall sensitivity to risks from a wider range of potentially hazardous facilities. We use logistic regression models of questionnaire survey responses from 205 residents living near two landfills that were recently expanded or proposed to be expanded. Psychometric risk variables, cultural theory of risk variables, and sociodemographic variables are used as controls to see if risk-in-place/context variables related to threat and governance (e.g. fairness and fiduciary equity) predict not only risk from the landfill but also risk from three other potentially hazardous facilities (incinerator, chemical, and nuclear). The risk-in-place/context variables are predictive across all hazards but there is little consistency in the mix of predictors across models. The results suggest that facility controversy is linked to how residents view risks from non-local facility hazards and that this effect varies by place. This points to the need for more research in this area, and is suggestive that risk-hazard controversy may foster localized risk-averse places or wider risk-averse communities.