Are LULUs still enduringly objectionable?

We asked a national sample of 651 US residents about the feelings, emotions, images and colours they associated with nearby waste management, energy, industrial facilities and other big developments commonly regarded as locally unwanted land uses (LULUs). The respondents showed the expected dislike...

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Published in:Journal of environmental planning and management 2012-07, Vol.55 (6), p.713-731
Main Authors: Greenberg, Michael R, Popper, Frank J, Truelove, Heather Barnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
affect heuristic
Attitude surveys
Chemical industry
Chemicals
coal
Color
Colour
Development
Durability
emotions
employment
Energy
Energy (nuclear)
Energy management
fearfulness
Industrial plants
Japan
Labels
Land use
Land utilization
LULUs
Metals
NIMBY
Nuclear industry
Picking
Planning
Sampling
Studies
Surveys
TOADS
United States
Waste management
Waste management industry
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Summary:We asked a national sample of 651 US residents about the feelings, emotions, images and colours they associated with nearby waste management, energy, industrial facilities and other big developments commonly regarded as locally unwanted land uses (LULUs). The respondents showed the expected dislike of them, picking ‘bad’, ‘fear’, ‘polluted’, red and black to describe them more than ‘safe’, ‘secure’, ‘jobs’ and other positive descriptors and images. Waste management facilities, especially nuclear ones, had the most negative labels, and coal and gas energy facilities had fewer than anticipated. This survey occurred prior to the events in the Fukushima plant in Japan. However, even before those events LULU concerns endured and nuclear facilities and chemical and metal plants were the most distressing to the public as a whole.
ISSN:1360-0559
0964-0568
1360-0559
DOI:10.1080/09640568.2011.623070