Back and forward to the future: an explorative study of public responses to urban groundwater contamination

Frederic Vandermoere and Raf Vanderstraeten

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 2014, vol. 57, issue 5, 720-732

Abstract: The objective of this case study is to explore responses by residents confronted with groundwater contamination in their community. Using a mail-survey design, self-administered questionnaires were collected ( N = 170) that included questions about risk perceptions, site-specific concerns and perceived neighbourhood problems. The results show that concerns about chemical risks (i.e. chlorinated solvents) are rather limited in comparison to the potential impacts of site-redevelopment and other neighbourhood problems. Accordingly, the results of logistic regression analyses indicate that place detachment is not significantly related to risk perception but rather to site-specific concerns such as a perceived decrease in property values on the one hand, and wider environmental stressors such as traffic congestion on the other. In turn, the latter chronic environmental conditions are closely intertwined with residents' views on the redevelopment of the contaminated site.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.763773

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