Evaluating Impacts of Siting Landfill Based on Public Preferences

• Sasao Toshiaki

  Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 住民の選好に基づいた廃棄物処分場設置のインパクト評価
• ジュウミン ノ センコウ ニ モトヅイタ ハイキブツ ショブンジョウ セッチ ノ インパクト ヒョウカ

Abstract

The socio-economic impacts of siting landfill on residents living in surrounding areas is examined and, using conjoint analysis, public attitudes are investigated. Conjoint analysis is a multiattribute preference-elicitation technique based on a contingent choice survey. We conducted a questionnaire survey of some residents in Morioka city, Iwate prefecture in Northern Japan. By our empirical study, we find out that people are opposed strongly to siting landfill in areas which are sources of drinking water. Waste disposal, including industrial waste, and the expansion of areas for waste disposal are also found to have undesirable effects on the community. In particular we find out that the impact of disposing industrial waste originating in metropolitan area but disposed in Iwate prefecture exceeds the negative effects of siting landfill in drinking water sources. In addition, we find out that adjacent residents evaluate more positively the further away they are from a landfill. The increase in utility is observed to be up to approximately 4.72 km.

Journal

• Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts

  Journal of the Japan Society of Waste Management Experts 13 (5), 325-333, 2002

  Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Keywords

• landfill
• conjoint analysis
• socio-economical evaluation
• NIMBY

Details

• CRID: 1390001205297292672
• NII Article ID: 10009812106
• NII Book ID: AN10414685
• DOI: 10.3985/jswme.13.325
• ISSN: 1883163X
• ISSN: 18831648
• NDL BIB ID: 6310260
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I6310260
• Text Lang: ja
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