The Greening of Pentagon Brownfields: Using Environmental Discourse to Redevelop Former Military Bases - Hardcover

Kenneth N. Hansen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0739105396 ISBN 13: 9780739105399

Publisher: Lexington Books (UK), 2004

Synopsis

State and local governments in the United States are increasingly being called upon to deal with the problems associated with defense downsizing and environmental damage caused by the military. What is unknown to many people is that the government pollutes as much as, if not more than, any large corporation. Of the 116 federal facilities on the EPAs hit list of most polluted sites in the United States in the early 1990s, 95 were military installations. The military is responsible for cleaning up its abandoned bases before the public can use the property. Moreover, the cleanup will cost tens of billions of dollars to U.S. taxpayers. In The Greening of Pentagon Brownfields, Kenneth N. Hansen explores how states and localities have increased their institutional capacities to deal with the unanticipated consequences of federal downsizing and pollution at military bases in the 1990s. His rigorous methodology—including analysis of personal interviews, comparative case studies, government documents, base conversion surveys, and data from the Congressional Budget Office—makes this project both a useful model for other research studies and an indispensable contemporary history.

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About the Author

Kenneth N. Hansen is assistant professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lexington Books (UK)
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739105396
• ISBN 13: 9780739105399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176