Germany and the Waste Incinerator in the North Black Forest

Ragnar E. Löfstedt

Chapter 3 in Risk Management in Post-Trust Societies, 2005, pp 35-57 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This case study examines the proposed siting and building of one incinerator and two aerobic waste digesters in the North Black Forest region of Germany. The risk management tool used was that of deliberation, more specifically a citizen advisory board, and is a good example of the deliberative approach, since the principal actors eventually agreed where the waste incinerator should be sited. This was no easy task. There was a deep, ingrained distrust between the public and the proposers of the two waste solutions. The public, media and the local policy-makers, moreover, were initially hostile to the use of the citizen advisory boards to help find a solution.

Keywords: Risk Management; Waste Incinerator; Public Trust; Waste Plant; Participatory Democracy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230503946_3

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