Why Protest
Public Behavioral and Attitudinal Response to Siting a Waste Disposal Facility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6328577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas J Lober (Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 499-518 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Policy Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0190-292X • E-ISSN: 1541-0072 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-0072.1995.tb00526.x |
| OpenAlex | W1977126012 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 52 |
This study examines both behavioral and attitudinal dimensions of public opposition to the siting of a recycling center using inperson surveys and observed measures of behavior. This is a perfect NIMBY (not‐in‐my‐backyard) case, as the underlying activity is widely supported while the facility to do it is opposed locally. One finding is that attitudes may differ significantly from behavior. Levels of behavioral opposition are not only lower than attitudinal opposition, but they decline more quickly with distance. A second finding is that behavioral opposition is motivated not only by perceived costs from a facility, but also by perceptions of the fairness of the siting process
Business · Civil engineering · NIMBY · Opposition (politics · Perception · Political science · Public opinion · Engineering · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Law · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
Causes of opposition to residential development
Putting Social Movements in their Place
Understanding the Nimby and Lulu Phenomena
Totemization of Wildlife and Nimby Among U.S. College Students
Environmental risk and (re)action
From Nimbysm to the 15M
How near is near? The distance perceptions of residents of a nuclear emergency planning zone
Fairness, risk and risk tolerance in the siting of a nuclear waste repository
Why not here
Common property, collective interests, and community opposition to locally unwanted land uses
A Tale of Two Sitings
The threat of monument designation as a technique for successful wilderness legislation
Consultation, Constraints and Norms
Not-in-my-backyard but let’s talk
Efficacy beliefs, sense of unfairness, and participation in Lulu activism
Environmental Hazards, Migration, and Race
Explaining Public Support for the Environmental Movement
Local Action in a Transitional State
Road Traffic and Aircraft Noise as Drivers of Environmental Protest
Home Field Advantage
To Act or Not to Act
The Portability of Electoral Procedural Fairness
Markets, Transaction Costs and Institutions
Voluntary associations, professional organisations and the environmental movement in the United States
Social capital, collective action and access to water in rural Kenya
The effect of industry activities on public support for 'fracking
Grassroots mobilisations against waste disposal sites in Greece
Political Economy of the Environment
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Logit Modeling
Trust as a Determinant of Opposition to a High‐Level Radioactive Waste Repository
Direct Experience And Attitude-Behavior Consistency
Politics and Social Costs
Status quo bias in decision making
Self-Perception Theory
The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice
Attitudes vs. Actions
Fear of cancer and knowledge of cancer
The Social Bases of Environmental Concern
Men, women, and the environment
Defeat of a wood‐fired electric power plant
Fair Rules for Siting a High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Siting Hazardous Waste Facilities
Knowledge vs. Nimby
The importance of neighbors
Citizen Participation and the Nimby Syndrome
Citizen Participation and the Nimby Syndrome
Attitudes versus Actions
Comparative test of positive control, negative control, and social power theories of identificatory learning in disadvantaged children
Attitude accessibility, attitude-behavior consistency, and the strength of the object-evaluation association
Who Protests
Alternative Contexts of Political Behavior
What Kinds of Attitude Measures Are Predictive of Behavior
Public Involvement in Hazardous Waste Siting Decisions
Backyard Protest
Managing the Solid Waste Crisis
Economic Discontent and Political Behavior
Attitudinal specificity and the prediction of behavior in a field setting
Specificity of the attitude as a determinant of attitude-behavior congruence
Structural Effects
Hazardous Waste Sites
Public Opposition To The Siting Of The High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository
Political Issues and Trust in Government
The Public Hearing as an Effective Citizen Participation Mechanism
Rational Choice and Rebellious Collective Action
Self-Interest vs. Symbolic Politics in Policy Attitudes and Presidential Voting
Dumping in Dixie
Coping with a Community Stressor
Contextual-Effects Models
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,93 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 28 |