Invalid theory impedes our understanding: A critique on the persistence of the language of NIMBY

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Wolsink, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptual bias; Facility siting; NIMBY; Policy bias; Risk; Validity

Indexed keywords

LOCATION DECISION; NOT IN MY BACK YARD RESPONSE;

EID: 33645282805     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2006.00191.x     Document Type: Note

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