ABSTRACT
Nimby, an acronym for “not in my backyard,” refers to local resistance to unwanted facilities and land uses. The Oxford English Dictionary dates the term to 1980 and defines it as follows:
Nimby, n.
orig. U.S. Freq. depreciative. DRAFT REVISION Sept. 2003
1. An attitude ascribed to persons who object to the siting of something they regard as detrimental or hazardous in their neighborhood, while by implication raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere. Freq. attrib.
