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Short Case Study

Short Case Study

Q This case study will be based around on the material found in: Layzer, Judith A. (2016). The environmental case: Translating values into policy (4th ed.). Washington, DC: CQ Press. In order to get you acclimated to writing a short case study, you will pick a topic featured in one of the chapters from the above text. You will not be doing a book report or review of that chapter. Instead, that chapter will serve as your introduction to the topic, and will guide your further research. You will then do outside research to build and expand upon what you learned from the chapter. You may select from any chapter in the book, with the exception of the chapter on Love Canal. The case study will investigate the following areas/sub-sections: • Problem overview • Background • Demographics of the area • Key actors Links to an external site./institutions involved • Victims and costs of the event • Responses by government and local community groups The short environmental case studies must be a minimum of three (3) pages, double-spaced, not including your works cited page. The major points in your paper must be substantiated by references to articles in academic journals and/or professional books. A minimum of two (2) sources, not assigned for this course, are expected. Citations and references should follow the APA citation method. Papers are due by October 4th.

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In 1983, Schmalz ROD constructed a dumpsite at Harrison’s north shore of Lake Winnebago. The dumpsite occupied 7 acres. Schmalz completed it as a site for groundwater monitoring for lead and chromium, compacted earth material cover over around seven acres of lead and chromium polluted soils. The dumpsite became an environmental distractor with groundwater contamination on the neighboring population. Treatment was deemed impractical owing to doubtful technical feasibility, poor short-term protection, and improper site circumstances, so the statutory preference for treatment using an ecologically friendly technique was not reached. Appleton, a city nearby with a population of 60,000, takes its water around 1200 feet from the edge of Lake Winnebago, making this location ideal.