Future Land Use and Concerns About the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory: A Survey of Urban Dwellers

摘要

We examined environmental concerns and future land-use preferences of 487 people attending the Boise River Festival in Boise, ldaho, USA, about the ldaho National Engineering and Enviornmental Laboratory (INEEL), owned by the US Deparment of Energy (DOE). We were particularly interested in he perceptions of urban dwellers living at some distance from the facility, since attitudes and perceptions are usually examined for people were most worried about contamination and about waste storage and transport, another 23/100 were concerned about human health and accidents and spills, and the rest listed other concerns such as jobs and the economy or eduction.