کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1047748 1484498 2014 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Institutional inadequacies and successful contentions: A case study of the LULU siting process in Hong Kong
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم اجتماعی توسعه
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Institutional inadequacies and successful contentions: A case study of the LULU siting process in Hong Kong
چکیده انگلیسی


• How institutions affect siting of locally unwanted land uses is studied qualitatively.
• The case of proposed landfill extension in Hong Kong is investigated.
• The institutional analysis and development framework is used as an analytical tool.
• Institutional inadequacies in the siting process attract strong local resistance.
• Local objection is fostered by the distrust in the government.

Literature on siting conflicts related to locally unwanted land uses (LULUs) abounds. While factors like risk perceptions, trust in the government and environmental injustice have been found to play significant roles in shaping local resistance to LULUs, they are rarely jointly employed for analysing conflicts of LULU siting in an integrative manner. In this light, this study attempts to extend the applicability of the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework, which has been widely employed to analyse issues related to common-pool resource management (e.g., fisheries and forest management) to LULU siting. By looking into a recent case in Hong Kong in which local residents successfully stopped a plan proposed by the Hong Kong government to extend an existing landfill, this article integrates a range of concepts including risk perceptions, trust and environmental injustice with the aid of the IAD framework to develop a more coherent understanding of the complexity of the LULU siting process. Specific emphasis is given to how institutions shape local residents' attitudes and actions. The case study reveals that institutional inadequacies in the siting process and distrust in the government contributed to strong local opposition to the extension proposal, and thus eventually led to a complete deadlock.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Habitat International - Volume 44, October 2014, Pages 22–30
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