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Shifting attitudes toward brown bears in Bulgaria: a longitudinal and regional analysis

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Longitudinal research on public attitudes toward large carnivores is scarce, limiting our understanding of how human–wildlife coexistence evolves. This study aimed to bridge this gap by replicating a 2012 survey on attitudes toward brown bears Ursus arctos in four bear‐populated regions of Bulgaria.
Nikola Ganchev   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

VISUAL NEGOTIATIONS OF GENTRIFICATION IN TORONTO: Contestation, Politicization and Resistance through Urban Signage

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The policy adjacent: How affordable housing generates policy feedback among neighboring residents

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have documented feedback effects among a policy's direct winners and losers, less is known about whether such effects can occur among the indirectly affected—“the policy adjacent.” Using 458 geocoded housing developments built between two nearly identical statewide ballot propositions funding affordable housing in California, we
Michael Hankinson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Acceptance Optimization of Biomass Plants: a Fuzzy Cognitive Map and Evolutionary Algorithm Application

open access: yesChemical Engineering Transactions, 2014
Implementation of biomass plants is often thwarted by public opposition, despite potential technical- economic and normative feasibility. This opposition is generally known as NIMBY effect.
S. Sacchelli
doaj   +1 more source

Risks of concealing environmental degradation

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current practice seeks to conceal the visual impact of land‐use change (i.e., development). Six percent of development impact assessments in Australia and 14% of the World Bank's assessments recommend visual impact mitigation. This mitigation results in, for example, vegetated buffer strips alongside cleared agricultural areas and earthen ...
Matt W. Hayward   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

When Integration Backfires: Examining the Effects of Mandatory Inter‐Municipal Cooperation on Local Housing Markets

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper estimates the causal effect of mandatory inter‐municipal cooperation on local service provision and housing markets. I examine Italy's 2010 reform, which required small municipalities to jointly manage core administrative functions, and identify its impact using a fuzzy difference‐in‐discontinuity design.
Alessandro Sovera
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholders in NIMBY conflicts and their action mechanism.

open access: yes, 2022
Stakeholders in NIMBY conflicts and their action mechanism.
Hui Zhao (7395)   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Dialogue of the Deaf: How Deliberation With Discontented Citizens May Hopelessly Fail

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments employ public deliberation in response to citizen discontent, intending to achieve consensus, mutual understanding, and clarification. However, some studies suggest that deliberation can devolve into a “dialogue of the deaf,” where parties talk past each other, counterproductively leading to conflict, distrust, and confusion ...
Anouk van Twist
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Deterrence: Experimental Study of Factors Influencing Perceived Legitimacy and Compliance With Mandatory Vaccination

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For the law to function effectively in society, it must not only be enforced but also promote compliance, particularly in emotionally charged, polarized, or uncertain situations. This study explores the impact of legal sanction stringency and perceived sanction risk on the perceived legitimacy of and willingness to comply with mandatory ...
David Lacko   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un mecanismo para localización eficiente y equitativa de nimby [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Los NIMBY (Not In My BackYard) son localizaciones que por ser socialmente necesarios por una parte, pero indeseables por las localidades que los hospedan por otra, tienden a ser rechazados, los costos verdaderos son escondidos por las comunidades y ...
Crespo, Fernanado A.   +1 more
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