Social and Economic Factors in the Spread of the NIMBY Syndrome against Waste Disposal Sites in Taiwan

Hung-Wen Shen and Yue-Hwa Yu

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1997, vol. 40, issue 2, 273-282

Abstract: The paper analyses the NIMBY syndrome against solid waste disposal sites in Taiwan and argues that the rapid growth of this syndrome has been attributable to three social and economic factors, namely: (1) The awakening of public environmental consciousness; (2) the increase in the value of urban marginal land; and (3) the process of political liberalization and the uprising of so-called 'self-help actions' from the public.

Date: 1997
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