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The Role of Political Actors in Realizing Sustainable European Energy Markets: Insights From the Trinational Upper Rhine Region

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, Volume 20, Issue 2, Page 391-406, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Against the background of the European decarbonization strategy, this study examines the extent to which the expansion of renewable energies can lead to tensions with the social and ecological dimensions of the sustainability concept. The study is based on qualitative interviews with 66 experts conducted in the trinational metropolitan region ...
Franziska Leopold   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From conflict to resilience: a cross-cultural analysis of NIMBY phenomena in urban infrastructure development and its implications for China’s new urbanization

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
This study conducts a cross-cultural analysis of the NIMBY phenomenon in urban infrastructure development, focusing on contemporary China. Through a systematic review of 129 studies (2010–2024) from global and Chinese databases, it examines theoretical ...
Keqian Shi, Pingping Dou
doaj   +1 more source

The acceptance process in road planning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This paper presents a case study of the dialogue between the road department and the general public during the early stages of two Swedish road projects. The two road projects were located in Skåne in southern Sweden.
Hylmö, Kajsa
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RIGHT TO THE CAMPSITE: How Dutch Caravan Dwellers Continue their Struggle for Inclusion

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 466-485, March 2026.
Abstract Over the past decade, a growing housing and urban studies literature has engaged with the Lefebvrian concept of the ‘right to the city’. Central to this are rights, laws and grassroots demands. Emerging literature has also focused on the practical side of the right to the city as a set of actions to undo exclusion and dispossession.
Dominic Teodorescu
wiley   +1 more source

Lindahl prices solve the NIMBY problem [PDF]

open access: yes
The siting of public facilities such as prisons or waste disposal facilities typically faces rejection by local populations (the "NIMBY" syndrome, for Not In My BackYard).
Jeremy Laurent-lucchetti, Justin Leroux
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The City as an Anti‐Growth Machine

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Logan and Molotch's “urban growth machine” remains foundational in urban theory, describing how coalitions of landowners, developers, and politicians promote urban growth to raise land values. This paper argues that under financialized capitalism, the dynamics have inverted: asset appreciation now outweighs productive investment, and urban ...
Petter Törnberg
wiley   +1 more source

NIMBY or not

open access: yes, 2023
Is ‘Not In My Backyard’ a useful explanation for public responses to CCUS? Social and political issues listed: Political development Social acceptance Communication and the 'information deficit' Risk and benefit perceptions Cultural factors Social acceptability Trust in stakeholders NIMBY or not Public awareness of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Concentrated burdens: how self-interest and partisanship shape opinion on opioid treatment policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
When does self-interest influence public opinion on contentious public policies? The bulk of theory in political science suggests that self-interest is only a minor force in public opinion.
De Benedictis-Kessner, Justin   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Food Apartheid on the Virginia Peninsula: Serial Forced Displacement Meets Serial Environmental Racism

open access: yesAntipode, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Since 2013, the state of Virginia has pursued two significant initiatives: a commemoration of the forcible arrival of Africans in 1619 and a state‐level council to address food deserts. Yet, there has been little discussion of their interconnections. We ask what role might this 400‐year history play in the existence of food deserts today?
Travis T. Harris   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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