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

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 5, Page 1152-1171, September 2026.
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

A sustainable solution to promote interest-based municipal solid waste management

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Incineration is a crucial option for municipal solid waste (MSW) management. How to deal with the “Not In My Back Yard” (NIMBY) movement in the construction of incineration stations has become a global public policy issue.
Fangkun Xin, Xingyue Wan
doaj   +1 more source

The Spatial Politics of Blockades: Disrupting Phosphate Industrial Production in Post‐2011 Tunisia

open access: yesArea, Volume 58, Issue 3, September 2026.
Short Abstract This article examines blockades targeting the phosphate‐processing industry in Tunisia's Gabes region after the 2010–2011 uprisings, assessing both their contributions and limitations. Drawing on fieldwork conducted between 2017 and 2019, it analyses how territorially embedded and relational spatial practices enable diverse groups to ...
Diane Robert
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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Social License to Operate for NIMBY Infrastructures: The Mechanism of the Four Components of Procedural Justice

open access: yesBuildings
The key to obtaining the Social License to Operate (SLO) for businesses in the not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) infrastructure projects is the justice of the process.
Diyang Feng, Yong Liu, Yujia Ge
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 1337-1361, September 2026.
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

Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY), an endemic syndrome influencing Environmental Policies

open access: yesEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 2016
Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY), an endemic syndrome influencing Environmental ...
Maddalena Buffoli   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Undesirable facility location using Lagrangian relaxation method [PDF]

open access: yesMuṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Ṣan̒atī, 2019
Overally location problem could be classified as desirable facility location and undesirable facility location. In the undesirable facility location problem contrary to desirable location, facilities are located far from service receiver facilities as ...
پری‌سیما پاک‌روان   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yesPublic Administration, Volume 104, Issue 3, Page 552-564, September 2026.
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

Vastarinnan politiikka: NIMBY-konflikti maankäytön suunnittelun haasteena [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Tutkimus käsittelee maankäytön suunnittelulle haasteita luoneita NIMBY-konflikteja Nokian Luhtatien tapausesimerkin avulla. NIMBY-konfliktien ongelmana on, että ne hidastavat kaavoitustyötä, mutta niiden ratkaiseminen on haasteellista.
Rauhala, Marianna
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