Slaying the Nimby Dragon

A mob scene erupted in April 1990 in the sleepy hamlet of Caneada, a small town on the northern edge of the Allegheny Mountains

List of contents

1: A NIMBY Overview: How it has Prevented the Establishment of Needed Facilities; 2: A Personal Story: How I Went from Nerdism to Devising Siting Solutions; 3: What Doesn’t Work in Siting Unwanted Facilities; 4: What Can Work—The Reverse Dutch Auction Slays the NIMBY Dragon; 5: What the NIMBY Literature Tells Us; 6: Perception and Psychology of Unwelcome Guests; 7: Economics of Auctions; 8: Compensation and Its Relation to Auctions; 9: Some Examples of How Dollars and the Environment Can be Compatible; 10: The Rich and the Poor: Will an Auction System Discriminate against the Latter?; 11: The Reverse Dutch Auction Offers an Exit from the Maze

About the author

Herbert Inhaber

Summary

A mob scene erupted in April 1990 in the sleepy hamlet of Caneada, a small town on the northern edge of the Allegheny Mountains

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Inhaber, Elena Skrjabina, Elena Inhaber Skrjabina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2017
• EAN: 9781138514584
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51458-4
• No. of pages: 258
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education