Similar words: nimbly, nimble, nimbus, nimbleness, cumulonimbus, limb, imbed, imbue. Meaning: n. someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard.
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1. The spokeswoman said that Nimby attitudes were delaying development of the site.
2. The nimbies were out in force against proposals for a high-speed rail link.
3. Based on the re-examination of the NIMBY ism, this article proposes several planning and management implications.
4. However, WTE facilities have several constraints: They are strongly opposed by residents in the proximity who do not want a WTE plant in their neighborhood (NIMBY).
5. Second(http://sentencedict.com/nimby.html), NIMBY ism represents a barrier not to societal goals but to the goals of capital.
6. China's NIMBY movement has counted a string of successes for the country's nascent environmental movement.
7. Therefore, based on a case study, this paper sorts out mass disturbances caused by NIMBY in Beijing, compares with success case and failure case and finally sums up some localized experiences.
8. Says one senior FORTUNE 500 executive: "In the U.S., NIMBY [not in my backyard] is still the order of the day, whereas in China it's more like IMBY. They build where they want, when they want.
9. On the other hand, to change decision making process of public policies to increase people's WTA, it is important to explore why residents demonstrate the NIMBY syndrome.
10. Fittingly, I've been playing excerpts from the film The Age of Stupid, featuring the windfarm developer Piers Guy's struggle to get nine turbines built in Bedford against nimby opposition.
11. The purpose of this paper is to provide an environmental economics analysis to examine what are the possible institutional designs to resolve NIMBY conflicts.