Engaging with residents' perceived risks and benefits about technologies as a way of resolving remediation dilemmas.

摘要: In recent decades the diversity of remediation technologies has increased significantly, with breadth ranging from dig and dump to emergent like phytoremediation nanoremediation. The benefits these environment human health are believed be substantial. However, they also potentially constitute risks. Whilst there is a growing body knowledge about risks perspective experts, little known how residents perceive application address contaminants in their local environment. This absence poses challenge practitioners policy makers who increasingly seeking engage affected choosing technology applications. Building on broader research into perceived technologies, data telephone survey 2009 living near 13 contaminated sites Australia, regression analysis closed-ended questions coding open-ended combined identify main predictors resident's levels risk benefit technologies. identifies range factors associated residents' physical context, engagement institutions during processes, which level for found that bioremediation were as less risky more beneficial than chemical, thermal paper supports reports an inverse correlation between benefits. addition, reveals types most commonly associate