NIMBY and Its Ever-diminishing Returns

Ganapathy, Gautam and Chhajed-Picha, Paresh and Narayanan, N C (2025) NIMBY and Its Ever-diminishing Returns. Economic & Political Weekly, 60 (28). pp. 56-63. ISSN 2349-8846

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Abstract

Highlighting the emerging contradictions in Kerala’s public action legacy, which is constraining the state’s autonomy in policy matters, it is argued that the local communities’ diminishing trust in the state—a legacy of the striking failure of the state’s solid waste management regime—is the crucial underlying issue in the sector. The paper argues that a narrow approach to diagnosing reasons for public opposition, detached from broader economic and institutional factors, has precluded alternative policy pathways, resulting in suboptimal environmental and social outcomes.

Item Type:	Article
Authors:	Ganapathy, Gautam and Chhajed-Picha, Paresh and Narayanan, N C
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Public administration Social sciences > Public administration > General considerations of public administration
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Development
Full Text Status:	Restricted
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/6736
Publisher URL:	https://epwrf.in/sameekshatrust.aspx

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