10.2190/7BRL-H8FU-Q4Y3-QET0 7BRLH8FUQ4Y3QET0 1 Cause and Effect Patterns of Noxious Facility Impacts on Property Values 111 136 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 7BRLH8FUQ4Y3QET0.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=7BRLH8FUQ4Y3QET0 2 Chris Zeiss University of Alberta, Canada Noxious facilities generate different types and levels of impacts that may reduce residential property values. Highly controversial facilities do not consistently cause significant property value impacts while some common, less objectionable facilities do. the research issue is to test which impacts and cause-effect connections result in consistent and significant property value impacts. Typical physical, psychological, and trigger impacts, and local benefits of ten categories of noxious facilities are evaluated based on the consistency of resulting property value impacts. 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