We consider the decentralized provision of global public good with local externalities in a spatially explicit model. Communities (municipalities, cities, countries) decide on the localization of a facility that bene ts to all but exhibits costs to the host and its neighbors. They share the costs through transfers. We examine the cooperative game associated with this so-called NIMBY problem ( N...

Infrastructure, such as waste incineration infrastructure, is entangled in the “not my back yard” (NIMBY) dilemma. Consequently, closed public decision-making model has difficulty adapting to increasingly strong public-participation needs. Thus, a new mode of negotiated decision making urgently required. This paper focuses on negotiation problem, considers government and society game players, b...

“Not in My Back Yard”; people shout this when they feel something deleterious and nonlocal will be sprung into existence in their territory by top-down powers. Some believe that NIMBY syndrome provokes parochialism, but parochialism itself can bring many beneficial consequences. Danesh Pedestrian and Bicycle Path- a recent project established on the south rim of Bagh-e-Sib (a vast hist...