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Title:

NIMBY is beautiful : cases of local activism and environmental innovation around the world / edited by Carol Hager and Mary Alice Haddad.

Publisher:

Berghahn Books,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xii, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Environmentalism--Case studies.
Environmental protection--Case studies.
NIMBY syndrome--Case studies.
Protest movements--Case studies.

Other Authors:

Hager, Carol J., 1958- editor.
Haddad, Mary Alice, 1973- editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : a new look at NIMBY / Carol Hager -- How do grassroots environmental protests incite innovation? / Helen M. Poulos -- From NIMBY to networks : protest and innovation in German energy politics / Carol Hager -- NIMBY and YIMBY : movements for and against renewable energy in Germany and the United States / Miranda Schreurs and D©œrte Ohlhorst -- Hell no we won't glow! : how targeted communities deployed an injustice frame to shed the NIMBY label and defeat low-level radioactive waste facilities in the United States / Daniel J. Sherman -- Protecting cultural heritage : unexpected successes for environmental movements in China and Russia / Elizabeth Plantan -- The Dalian chemical plant protest, environmental activism, and China's developing civil society / Michael M. Gunter, Jr -- Local activism and environmental innovation in Japan / Takashi Kanatsu -- From backyard environmental advocacy to national democratization : the cases of South Korea and Taiwan / Mary Alice Haddad -- Conclusion : NIMBY is beautiful : how local environmental protests are changing the world / Mary Alice Haddad.

ISBN:

1782386017
9781782386018

OCLC:

(OCoLC)889577494

LCCN:

2014033539

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)