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Research Article
Effects of sex premises on neighbourhoods: Residents, local planning and the geographies of a controversial land use
Article first published online: 13 AUG 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2012.01228.x
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Issue
New Zealand Geographer
Special Issue: Revisiting Geographies of Sexuality and Gender Down Under
Volume 68, Issue 2, pages 130–140, August 2012
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How to Cite
Prior, J. and Crofts, P. (2012), Effects of sex premises on neighbourhoods: Residents, local planning and the geographies of a controversial land use. New Zealand Geographer, 68: 130–140. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-7939.2012.01228.x
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- Article first published online: 13 AUG 2012
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Keywords:
- effect;
- land-use planning;
- New South Wales;
- residence;
- sex premises;
- spatial ordering
Abstract
The paper examines 284 resident submissions to sex premises planning processes, and a survey of 401 residents living near sex premises in New South Wales, Australia, to investigate resident concerns about the effect of sex premises on local environs, and how these concerns inform resident views on the spatial ordering of sex premises. The investigation found that there was a discrepancy between the views of the broader residential population and the views of participants in planning processes. The investigation suggests that geographers need to consider more deeply the connections between residents, planning and the geographies of this controversial land use.