This study focused on new pressures on water resources in relation to the production of renewable energy in Italy. In particular, I considered the conflicts that have emerged in the Trentino region around mini-hydroelectric power production. Literature critiquing the Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) approach provided the basis for analyzing the characteristics of this opposition movement. I argue that the anti-mini-hydro movements only partially challenge the NIMBY definition. At the discursive level, such mobilizations articulate a broader discourse opposing mini-hydroelectric production as a climate change mitigation strategy and promoting a vision of the river as biodiversity to be protected. Moreover, at the sociospatial level, the anti-mini-hydro movements reveal an ability to forge alliances among different sectors of broader society. However, no broader discourse is articulated on the energy transition. The anti-mini-hydro movement can therefore be characterized as a form of “localist environmentalism” combining place attachment and nature conservation.

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超越童心：在意大利阿尔卑斯山动员反对小型水力发电

这项研究的重点是与意大利可再生能源生产有关的水资源方面的新压力。我特别考虑了特伦蒂诺地区围绕小型水力发电生产而出现的冲突。批评“不在我家后院”（NIMBY）方法的文献为分析这种反对派运动的特征提供了基础。我认为反迷你水运动只是部分挑战了NIMBY的定义。在话语层面上，这种动员表达了反对小型水力发电作为气候变化缓解策略的广泛论述，并促进了对河流作为受保护生物多样性的愿景。此外，在社会空间层面上，反小型水运动显示了在更广泛的社会的不同部门之间结成联盟的能力。然而，关于能量转换，没有更广泛的论述。因此，反迷你水运动可以被描述为一种结合地方依附性和自然保护的“地方环保主义”形式。