NIMBY Survey

Online Survey

Questions for Global Survey of Community Attitudes to Densification and Intensification of Existing Neighbourhoods

1. Where did this incident take place:

City:

Country:

2. When did the incident occur:

Year:

3. Who was the proponent of the development:

Developer
Architect

4. Describe the proponents:

5. Who were the opponents of this development:

community activists
nimby'ites
environmentalists
competitors
neighbors
others (please specify)

6. Describe the opponents:

7. What type of development was being proposed:

residential
commercial
industrial
mixed use
other (please specify)

8. Give more detail about the proposed development:

9. Were you in favour or opposed to the development:

in favour
opposed

10. What arguments did the proponents of the development put forward in favour of the proposal:

11. What arguments against the proposal were put forward:

12. Was legal counsel involved for the proponents:

yes
no

13. Was legal counsel involved for the opponents:

yes
no

14. Did the two sides sit down to try to work things out:

yes
no

15. Describe what happened at any such meetings:

16. Did the proposal come before Municipal Council:

yes
no

17. Describe what happened at the Council meeting:

18. Was the proposal approved or rejected by Council:

approved
rejected

19. If it was approved, what reasons did they cite:

20. If it was rejected, what reasons did they give for rejecting it:

21. If it was approved, did the opponents appeal:

yes
no

22. If they appealed, where did they appeal it to:

a municipal review body of some type (please describe)
a court of law
higher level of government

23. Were the opponents successful on appeal:

yes, they stopped the project
no, the project went ahead anyway

24. . If the project was rejected, did the proponent appeal:

yes
no

25. If they appealed, where did they appeal it to:

a municipal review body of some type (please describe)
a court of law
higher level of government

26. Was the proponent successful on appeal:

yes, the project was allowed to go ahead
no, the decision to stop the project was confirmed

27. At the end of the day, was the project delayed:

yes
no

28. If so, by how long:

months

29. Was the project cancelled:

yes
no

30. If it was cancelled, was it due to delay:

yes
no

31. Were there other reasons for cancellation:

32. What do you estimate the proponents spent (in USD) in preparing and submitting their project through all phases up to (but not including) construction for architects fees, legal fees, engineering fees and fees for other experts and professional:

$

33. What do you estimate the opponents spent (in USD) in opposing the project:

$

34. Was there any violent behaviour by any of the parties:

yes
no

35. By the proponent:

yes (please describe)
no

36. By the opponents:

yes (please describe)
no

37. Was there any vandalism or threats made:

yes
no

38. By the proponent:

yes (please describe)
no

39. By the opponents:

yes (please describe)
no

40. Did the proponent use the Internet to make their case for the project:

yes (please describe)
no

41. Did the opponents use the Internet to make their case against the project:

yes (please describe)
no

42. Did the opponents start a petition:

yes
no

43. How many signatures did they obtain:

44. Tell us more about the tactics of the proponent:

45. Tell us more about the tactics of the opponents:

46. Did the opponents use the media to attack the project:

yes
no

47. If yes, explain their media strategy:

48. Did the proponent use the media to favour the project:

yes
no

49. If yes, explain their media strategy:

50. Do you think the process can be improved:

yes
no

51. If yes, how:

52. Do you think community involvement improved this project:

yes
no

53. If yes, how:

54. Do you think that the Municipal Council acted wisely in this matter or not (please explain your view):

55. Do you think that the Municipal Review Board (if any) acted wisely or not in this matter (please explain your view):

56. Are there any other factors you would like to bring to our attention, please elaborate:

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