公共设施选址常常因为邻避效应而激起社会矛盾,引发社会事件,而发达国家的经验表明,公众参与是避免此类选址事件恶化的主要方式。现以广州市番禺区垃圾焚烧厂选址事件为例,运用尺度政治分析方法和公众参与阶梯理论,详细探究公共设施选址事件中各参与方的角色变化及其背后的公众参与机制,并与1980年代日本类似设施选址的案例进行分析对比。研究发现,番禺垃圾焚烧厂选址事件中已出现了咨询型公众参与的雏形,但由于公众权力表达有限,实际上公众参与并未发挥效力。作为解决方案,现提出改善邻避设施选址公众参与的三点建议,包括:公众参与的合法化、公众参与的常态化和公众参与机制的制度化。只有建立起公民实权的公众参与机制,才能根本解决邻避设施选址问题产生的争议,保证城市建设的正常秩序和持续发展。
Due to NIMBYism, the site selections of some of the public facilities can result in conflicts and sometimes even several social unrests Experiences from developed countries show that public participation is one of the most effective way to avoid the deterioration of such social conflicts. In this paper, with the methodology of Politics of Scale and the Ladder Theory of citizen participation, the site selection of Panyu incineration plant and the participatory mechanisms be- hind is studied, which are later compared with a similar case in Japan in the 1980s. It is found that the prototype of consultation has emerged in the Panyu case. However, citizen participation did not play a significant role due to power /imitations. Three suggestions are proposed to improve public participation in infra- structure planning so as to avoid the NIMBYims: the legalization, normalization of citizen participation and institutionalization of the mechanism. It is believed that only through the establishment of a participatory mechanism with real empow- erment to citizens could the disputes caused by the NIMBYism be fundamentally resolved, which would ensure the urban constructions to be implemented without disruptions.