‘IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU LIKE IT ANY BETTER...’: RESIDENTS' REAPPRAISAL OF A LANDFILL SITE

This paper presents the results of a longitudinal study of psychosocial effects in a population living near the Halton Regional Landfill in Milton, Ontario. The research is situated within environmental stress theory. The focus of the study is on local residents' reappraisal of the landfill over a five-year period. A telephone survey was administered to a random stratified (by distance) sample of households immediately after the landfill site …