Power Relationships in Housing Production: A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective on the Expanding Suburbs

Anna McKinlay; Nicholas Stevens; Claudia Baldwin

doi:10.1080/08111146.2021.1937099

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Power Relationships in Housing Production: A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective on the Expanding Suburbs

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Power Relationships in Housing Production: A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective on the Expanding Suburbs

Anna McKinlay, Nicholas Stevens and Claudia Baldwin

Urban Policy and Research, Vol.39(3), pp.233-248

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2021.1937099

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Housing development

housing production system

master planned estate

power

sociotechnical systems

Despite repeated calls for housing diversity, a persistent housing product dominates new suburbs: the low-density single-family dwelling. This article investigates the systems perpetuating this housing form by exploring power within the housing supply industry. It uses a sociotechnical systems approach to identify and examine the complex links between government, industry and consumers responsible for greenfield suburbs. Interviews with the key actors from Queensland's Sunshine Coast region inform the power relations around negotiation, regulation, provision of choice and feedback, offering insight into housing industry relationships. This paper argues that challenging these industry relationships is necessary for achieving greater housing diversity.

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Title: Power Relationships in Housing Production: A Sociotechnical Systems Perspective on the Expanding Suburbs
Authors: Anna McKinlay (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Social Sciences - Legacy
Nicholas Stevens (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems
Claudia Baldwin (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Centre
Publication details: Urban Policy and Research, Vol.39(3), pp.233-248
Publisher: Routledge
DOI: 10.1080/08111146.2021.1937099
ISSN: 1476-7244
Organisation Unit: Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Centre for Human Factors and Sociotechnical Systems; Sustainability Research Centre; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; Bioclimatic and Sociotechnical Cities Lab
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99548407302621
Output Type: Journal article

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