SITE FIGHTS . C ONTENTS List of Tables and Figures vii Preface ix Abbreviations xv Introduction: Site Fights and Policy Tools 1 1 Picking Sites 26 2 A Logic of Tool Choice 50 3 Occasional Turbulence: Airport Siting...

While a large literature exists on the siting of controversial facilities, few theories about spatial location have been tested on large samples. Using a new dataset from Japan, this paper demonstrates that state agencies choose localities judged weakest in local civil society as host...