Hubbard, Philip, Boydell, Spike, Crofts, Penny, Prior, Jason, Searle, Glen (2013) Noxious neighbours? interrogating the impacts of sex premises in residential areas. Environment and Planning A, 45 (1). pp. 126-141. ISSN 0308-518X. (doi:10.1068/a4574) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:36656)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1068/a4574 |
Abstract
Premises associated with commercial sex-including brothels, striptease clubs, sex cinemas, and sex shops-have increasingly been accepted as legitimate land uses, albeit ones whose location needs to be controlled because of assumed 'negative externalities'. However, the planning and licensing regulations excluding such premises from areas of residential land use are often predicated on assumptions of nuisance that have not been empirically substantiated. Accordingly, this paper reports on a survey of those living close to sex industry premises in New South Wales, Australia. The results suggest that although some residents have strong moral objections to sex premises, in general residents note few negative impacts on local amenity or quality of life, with distance from a premise being a poor predictor of residents' experiences of nuisance. These f ndings are considered in relation to the literatures on sexuality and space given regulation which ultimately appears to reproduce heteronormative moralities rather than respond to genuine environmental nuisances.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1068/a4574 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Brothels, Heteronormativity, Morality, Neighbourhood, Planning, Sydney, morality, neighborhood, prostitution, regulatory framework, residential location, sexuality, urban society, Australia, New South Wales |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research |
Depositing User: | Mita Mondal |
Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2013 10:43 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:20 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/36656 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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