Odnos lokalne zajednice prema problemu odlaganja komunalnog otpada: Studija slučaja Makarsko primorje
The Attitude of the Local Community towards the Problem of Municipal Waste Disposal: Case Study of Makarska Littoral

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses the attitude of the local community towards the problem of municipal waste disposal, setting the research focus on the differences in perception and behavior of the respective social actors in the case of blockade and close-down of "Donja gora" municipal landfill in the Makarska littoral in the year 2003-2004. The main method used in the empirical research was the case study method, within which qualitative and quantitative research techniques were combined. Before the presentation and the interpretation of the results, a brief chronology of the "Donja gora landfill case" was outlined, starting from the landfill localization in 1976, up until its close-down and remediation in 2007. The research affirmed the rather negative existing attitude of the local community of Makarska littoral towards the municipal waste disposal, finding the distance between the social actors, places of residence and the landfill to be the key predictor of their attitudes, beliefs and behavior – corroborating therefore the general research hypothesis. Regarding the research findings, it is concluded that the analyzed case could, in many ways, be regarded as an example of a typical approach to the resolution of municipal waste disposal problems in Croatia.

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