Siting of human services facilities and the not in my back yard phenomenon: a critical research review

What is it about?

The aim of this research review is to critically scrutinize research on NIMBY-protests and try to uncover different possibilities to study and understand local conflicts against the establishment of human services facilities. Carrying out such a critical analysis is important, as local protests against much-needed social services still constitute a considerable social problem.

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Why is it important?

Research on community opposition to unwanted land uses (NIMBY-protests) was developed primarily against a background of de-institutionalization of psychiatric care and other social treatments and services, and on the local protests that followed these first attempts to decentralize such activities. Researchers are still interested in community opposition to unwanted land uses, but at present more in protests against environmentally detrimental objects, rather than against human services, despite the fact that nothing indicates that the latter type of protests have decreased.