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Journal article
Getting past NIMBY: new insights on participatory planning and protest
Planning Practice and Research, Vol.40(1), pp.65-84
2025
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Abstract
Local resistance to proposed developments can be divisive, costly in time and delays, and damage reputations. We use typologies of process sheriff and enlightened resistance to explore community opposition to a proposed beachfront development in South East Queensland, Australia. Content analysis of protest signs, submissions to government, and interviews with community leaders uncovered community values and coherent themes of concern for transparent governance, environment, lifestyle, and identity. Our research reinforces the importance of genuine public consultation, demonstrates legitimate concerns often dismissed as NIMBYism, and contributes practical ways to acknowledge community values in planning decisions.
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- Title
- Getting past NIMBY: new insights on participatory planning and protest
- Authors
- Anna McKinlay (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyClaudia Baldwin - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJeffrey D. Hamerlinck - University of Wyoming
- Publication details
- Planning Practice and Research, Vol.40(1), pp.65-84
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1080/02697459.2024.2411800
- ISSN
- 1360-0583; 0269-7459
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- Engage Research Lab; Student Services and Engagement; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991066141002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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