Interfering with therapeutic tranquility: Debates surrounding biosolid waste processing in rural Ontario
| Autor: | Sarah Mason-Renton, Isaac Luginaah |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Male Rural Population Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Health (social science) Adolescent Geography Planning and Development Sense of place Child Welfare Sewage Environment 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Interviews as Topic Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Residence Characteristics Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Fertilizers Environmental planning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Waste processing Ontario business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Middle Aged Waste Disposal Facilities Agriculture Public Opinion Female Safety Facility siting business |
| Zdroj: | Health & Place. 41:42-49 |
| ISSN: | 1353-8292 |
| Popis: | Uncertainty surrounding potential health effects of techno-industrial facilities continues to result in heightened debate about what are the best and safest options for future generations in rural places regarded by residents for their therapeutic tranquility. This research examines how a proposed biosolid processing facility in rural Ontario producing agricultural fertilizer from primarily urban sewage has in some residents elicited particularly strong concerns about potential health impacts, which are accompanied by perceptions that the tranquil and pastoral nature of their landscape is being altered. However, fueling community conflict between friends and relatives is the contested nature of the landscape's restorative qualities and the facility's disruption of this tranquil place. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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