Deposits and repositories: Electricity wastes in the UK and West Germany
Abstract Nuclear power and coal, the most important present alternatives for electricity generation, have a wide range of environmental impacts. This paper examines policies for radwastes and acid rain abatement in the UK and West Germany, seeking to explain differences in approach in the two countries and the extent of interactions between the two issues. While many of the national differences can be traced to historical and cultural factors, political structures and institutional arrangements in the UK and Germany have been important in determining responses to environmental pressures within the context of wider energy policy objectives.
Sectoral dimensions of sustainable development: {PRIVATE } Energy and transport
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Negotiating the cultural and economic outcomes of sport heritage attractions: the case of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
ABSTRACT Contemporary museums must balance their roles as commercial entities and repositories of various, and often dissonant, heritages and histories. Sports museums in particular often have clear commercial and nostalgic aims, particularly through tourist visitation, though the extent to which they represent more challenging narratives remains unclear. This paper examines how one of the most famous sports museums in the world, the National Baseball Hall of Fame (NBHF) in Cooperstown, New York, balances its dual role as tourist attraction and repository of baseball's sometimes checkered past. It was found that different sections of the museum provide greater or lesser degrees of engagement with more controversial issues, although the commercial outputs and appeal of the museum remains clear throughout. Utlimately, the NBHF demonstrates that balancing veneration and critique in collections can be commercially prosperous, and can provide a template for other sport and popular culture museums who may be wary of incorporating more challenging narratives in their exhibits. Furthermore, the symbiotic relationship between the Hall of Fame and the village of Cooperstown, particularly in creating and maintaining cultural and economic outputs, requires further exploration.