Impact Attenuation in Nonconflict Situations: The Price Effects of a Nuisance Land-Use

A Skaburskis
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A Skaburskis: School of Urban and Regional Planning, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada

Environment and Planning A, 1989, vol. 21, issue 3, 375-383

Abstract: In this paper the effect an inactive landfill site had on the sales price of surrounding houses is described. The spatial extent of the damage done by a nuisance site that was present at the time the houses were built is considered. Evidence is provided of the limited extent of the damage created by a nuisance land-use that did not generate negative publicity and conflict. Indirectly, the findings show that impacts that do not evoke rancor or present possible hazards are limited to a relatively small and easily definable zone. It should not, therefore, be difficult to implement compensation plans for the impacts of nuisance producing land-use sites. The implementation of such plans should help to ensure that land-use conflicts do not spread the cost of the nuisance beyond the area they affect directly.

Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1068/a210375

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