Beyond Nimby

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

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