Beyond Nimby
Mobilization Against Mini-hydroelectric Power in the Italian Alps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13907974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalia Magnani (0000-0002-8924-7960, University of Trento, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mountain Research and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0276-4741 • E-ISSN: 1994-7151 |
| Publisher | International Mountain Society (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.1659/mrd-journal-d-20-00035.1 |
| OpenAlex | W3139152211 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 26 |
This study focused on new pressures on water resources in relation to the production of renewable energy in Italy. In particular, I considered the conflicts that have emerged in the Trentino region around mini-hydroelectric power production. Literature critiquing the Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) approach provided the basis for analyzing the characteristics of this opposition movement. I argue that the anti-mini-hydro movements only partially challenge the NIMBY definition. At the discursive level, such mobilizations articulate a broader discourse opposing mini-hydroelectric production as a climate change mitigation strategy and promoting a vision of the river as biodiversity to be protected. Moreover, at the sociospatial level, the anti-mini-hydro movements reveal an ability to forge alliances among different sectors of broader society. However, no broader discourse is articulated on the energy transition. The anti-mini-hydro movement can therefore be characterized as a form of “localist environmentalism” combining place attachment and nature conservation
Civil engineering · Climate change · Economics · Environmental planning · Environmental resource management · Environmentalism · Geography · Hydroelectricity · NIMBY · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Production (economics · Realisation · Renewable energy · Engineering · Environmental Science · Law · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology
Land use tensions for the development of renewable sources of energy
Renewable Energies
Exploring the Local Sustainability of a Green Economy in Alpine Communities
Does civil society matter? Challenges and strategies of grassroots initiatives in Italy’s energy transition
Entanglement of Interests and Motives
Nimbys and Lulus
The Public Acceptance of New Energy Technologies
Invalid theory impedes our understanding
Micro-hydro politics
Environmental justice as subtext or omission
The ‘Social Gap’ in Wind Farm Siting Decisions
Changing Forms of Environmentalism In Italy
The politics of facts
Creating Sustainable Rural Development through Stimulating the Eco-economy
From local conflict to national issue
From Nimby to Niaby
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |