NiMBY is the acronym of Not in My Back Yard, a form of protest by a group of people who see the security of their area of residence threatened by the siting of unwanted facilities such as municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment or disposal plants. In the paper the new concept of ‘WhyMBY’ is introduced as a pro-justice-based approach, where citizens want to be convinced that their backyard is the best location compared with many, or even all, other possible locations. Two proposed localizations for the treatment of putrescibles from MSW, in the Campania region of Southern Italy, are examined in order to understand if they are cases of NiMBY or WhyMBY: one in the province of Avellino, in the municipality of Chianche, another in the province of Salerno, in the municipality of Fisciano. The analysis performed suggests that the first case study seems a NiMBY case, while the second one seems an intermediate NiMBY/WhyMBY case. The adoption of a different localization process from the optimal one, also due to emergency reasons, generated inevitable opposition from citizens. For the future, it will be necessary to adopt siting procedures capable of implementing al the required phases: macro-siting, micro-siting and evaluation of potentially suitable alternatives. Finally, in these procedures, information and awareness campaigns must play a fundamental role.
Is it a NiMBY or WhyMBY case of locally unwanted land use?
G. De Feo
;DE GISI, SABINO
2019-01-01
Abstract
NiMBY is the acronym of Not in My Back Yard, a form of protest by a group of people who see the security of their area of residence threatened by the siting of unwanted facilities such as municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment or disposal plants. In the paper the new concept of ‘WhyMBY’ is introduced as a pro-justice-based approach, where citizens want to be convinced that their backyard is the best location compared with many, or even all, other possible locations. Two proposed localizations for the treatment of putrescibles from MSW, in the Campania region of Southern Italy, are examined in order to understand if they are cases of NiMBY or WhyMBY: one in the province of Avellino, in the municipality of Chianche, another in the province of Salerno, in the municipality of Fisciano. The analysis performed suggests that the first case study seems a NiMBY case, while the second one seems an intermediate NiMBY/WhyMBY case. The adoption of a different localization process from the optimal one, also due to emergency reasons, generated inevitable opposition from citizens. For the future, it will be necessary to adopt siting procedures capable of implementing al the required phases: macro-siting, micro-siting and evaluation of potentially suitable alternatives. Finally, in these procedures, information and awareness campaigns must play a fundamental role.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
