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Noxious Neighbours? Interrogating the Impacts of Sex Premises in Residential Areas

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  • Phil Hubbard

    (SSPSSR, University of Kent, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4AG, England)

  • Spike Boydell

    (School of the Built Environment, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Penny Crofts

    (Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Jason Prior

    (Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, PO Box 123, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Glen Searle

    (School of Geography and Planning, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia)

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 findings 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.

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  • Phil Hubbard & Spike Boydell & Penny Crofts & Jason Prior & Glen Searle, 2013. "Noxious Neighbours? Interrogating the Impacts of Sex Premises in Residential Areas," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 45(1), pages 126-141, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:45:y:2013:i:1:p:126-141
    DOI: 10.1068/a4574
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    3. Louise Crewe & Amber Martin, 2017. "Sex and the city: Branding, gender and the commodification of sex consumption in contemporary retailing," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(3), pages 582-599, February.
    4. Taggert J. Brooks & Brad R. Humphreys & Adam Nowak, 2016. "Strip Clubs, “Secondary Effects,†and Residential Property Prices," Working Papers 16-17, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
    5. Taggert J. Brooks & Brad R. Humphreys & Adam Nowak, 2020. "Strip Clubs, “Secondary Effects” and Residential Property Prices," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 48(3), pages 850-885, September.

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