Research on the Paths and Effectiveness of Governance Tools Based on the Evolution of Environmental NIMBY Event.

Peng Xu,Lan Lan,Xinyue Yao,Cunkuan Bao,Ke Xu

doi:10.3390/ijerph19041985

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Abstract

Identifying the path and effectiveness of governance tools is the key to environmental NIMBY (not in my back yard) event governance. However, there are limited studies on the path between effective governance tools and environmental NIMBY events. Based on the theory of emotional catharsis, we establish an analytical framework for the evolution of the environmental NIMBY event and analyze the effectiveness of the current main governance tools. The results show that government solicitation of opinions (GSOs) governance tools are insignificant in the governance of resistance behavior. The effects of public demand communication (PDC) governance tools and compensation negotiation (CN)governance tools on resistance behaviors all show a significant negative correlation; negative emotions play an intermediary role in their governance tools. The overall performance is that the greater the compensation, the lower the willingness to engage in resistance behavior. The establishment of a reasonable compensation system can effectively reduce the public’s willingness to engage in resistance behavior. Through the evaluation of the effectiveness of governance tools in environmental NIMBY events, this study helps to improve governance tools and has important practical significance for solving the environmental NIMBY dilemma.

Highlights

With the increase of population density in urban space and the improvement of public living standards, the public’s demand for environmental NIMBY facilities is increasing [1].the new environmental NIMBY facilities, such as waste treatment and disposal facilities, sewage treatment plants and substations, will cause negative emotions among the neighboring residents, triggering opposition and resistance from the residents and forming an environmental NIMBY event
Wei studied the emotional changes of the proximate residents caused by the new chemical plant using the structural equation model (SEM); the results show that the sense of unfairness and dissatisfaction with the government will increase the probability of environmental NIMBY events [17]
Based on the survey data of the Shanghai JQ waste incineration plant, this paper uses the mediation effect model to explore the effectiveness of current governance tools for environmental NIMBY incidents

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Introduction

With the increase of population density in urban space and the improvement of public living standards, the public’s demand for environmental NIMBY facilities is increasing [1].the new environmental NIMBY facilities, such as waste treatment and disposal facilities, sewage treatment plants and substations, will cause negative emotions among the neighboring residents, triggering opposition and resistance from the residents and forming an environmental NIMBY event. With the increase of population density in urban space and the improvement of public living standards, the public’s demand for environmental NIMBY facilities is increasing [1]. The resistant public support and the large-scale diffusion of the NIMBY problem transfer the negative externalities derived from the NIMBY problem to the government itself, which has a serious negative impact on the image and credibility of the government. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the Chinese government has formulated, revised, and improved a large number of laws, regulations, rules, and systems, and the governance of environmental NIMBY events has shifted from “reactive governance” to “proactive management“ [6]. The government has phased out the confrontational approach to govern environmental NIMBY events and has put the perspective of governance before the event, such as establishing public participation mechanisms, including providing compensation.

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