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Why Not NIMBY? Reputation, Neighbourhood Organisations and Zoning Boards in a US Midwestern City.

In US municipalities, petitions for exception to the zoning code are thought to elicit 'not in my backyard' or 'nimby' responses from neighbourhood organisations concerned about potential negative externalities. This paper brings qualitative and quantitative data to bear on a theory arguing that mun...

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Published in:Urban Studies (Routledge) Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 507 - 519
Main Author: Matejczyk, Anthony P.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2001
Subjects:
Zoning boards
Urban policy
Minnesota
Saint Paul (Minn.)
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost