title: Comparative research on NIMBY risk acceptability between Chinese and Japanese college students.
abstract: Along with the progressive acceleration of urbanization, the need to identify potentially troublesome "Not In My Back Yard" (NIMBY) facilities in the city is inevitable. To resolve NIMBY conflict, it is important to know people's NIMBY risk acceptability for these facilities. A questionnaire survey was used among Chinese and Japanese college students to identify NIMBY risk acceptability. LISREL was used to construct a structural equation model to analyze the difference in NIMBY risk acceptability between the Chinese and Japanese college students. Factors that may affect NIMBY risk acceptability were analyzed: "perceiving utility," "perceiving risk," "trust in government," "reasonable compensation," and "procedural justice." The findings show that Japanese students' concerns were greater than Chinese students' concerns. Perceiving utility and perceiving risk were the most important factors that affect people's NIMBY risk acceptability, followed by procedural justice, trust in government, and reasonable compensation. There is a difference between the different cultural backgrounds in confronting the risk: Chinese students focus more on the reputation and value of real estate, while Japanese students pay more attention to environmental pollution and damage to health. Furthermore, cultural influences play a role in students' risk perception. To improve the risk acceptability for NIMBY facilities and provide a basis for resolving NIMBY conflicts, it is necessary to ensure the benefits of the NIMBY facility while reducing environmental pollution. The findings of this study may be of interest for policy makers and practitioners to devise future NIMBY strategies.
authors.affiliation: School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China, njwuyunqing@163.com.
authors.forename: Yunqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guofang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhai
authors.forename: Shasha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Chongqiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D002947:Cities; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D011639:Public Opinion; D012306:Risk; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult