Abstract: To minimize the influence of group events caused by the construction of NIMBY facilities on the effective operation of the cities, 33 typical group events caused by the problem of NIMBY in 2007-2016 years were analyzed. 11 factors influencing the events were identified, which involve four aspects such as the facility itself, the government behavior, the cognition and behavior of participants and the environment. An interpretative structural model was built for NIMBY group events' influence factors. Relationships between the factors were analyzed. They were divided into three groups, surface influence factors, intermediate influence factors and deep influence factors. An empirical analysis of the surface factors was made. The results show that the negative externalities of the facilities, the negative cognition of the group to the government, community pressure and herd mentality, and the unbalanced distribution of cost and utility have a significant effect on the occurrence of NIMBY group events, and the influence degrees descend in turn.

Key words: not in my back yard(NIMBY), interpretative structural model(ISM), group event, influence factor, relationship structure