Research on the Influence Factors of the Policy Tools in NIMBY Conflict Management—A Study Based on 25 Cases in China

Abstract

NIMBY conflict is a kind of public crisis incident accompanied by the development of society. This problem stems from the NIMBY syndrome of citizens in the process of constructing NIMBY facilities and the essence of this problem is the uneven distribution of interests. In this paper, the policy tools in the governance process are divided into three categories: government regulation, collaborative governance, and economic incentives and compensation. According to the research on about 20 cases of NIMBY conflict in China, this paper proposes four main influence factors of policy tools for the management of NIMBY conflict: political factors, civic political awareness, market factors and NIMBY facilities.