The Changing Dynamics of Community Opposition to Human Service Facilities

Takahashi, Lois M.; Dear, Michael

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“…Similar facilities include addiction treatment facilities (such as methadone maintenance centers) (Takahashi and Dear, 1997), adult sex shops (Hubbard et al, 2009), and group homes for people transitioning out of homelessness (e.g., halfway houses) (Martin, 2013). There is general opposition to the siting of these types of facilities for fear of impacts on quality of life or property value (Dear, 1992).…”

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Do medical marijuana centers behave like locally undesirable land uses? Implications for the geography of health and environmental justice

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As of 2013, medical marijuana is legal in 20 states and the District of Columbia, but few studies have investigated the consequences of the retail centers that sell the drug. We draw upon the social construction literature to frame our research and help us determine whether medical marijuana centers in Denver, Colorado (USA) are considered locally undesirable land uses (LULUs). The geography of health and environmental justice frameworks lead us to hypothesize that marijuana centers are more likely to be opened in Hispanic, Black, and poor neighborhoods than in White and affluent neighborhoods. We also hypothesize that marijuana centers will tend to increase the minority composition and poverty of the neighborhoods in which they are located.Contrary to expectations we find no empirical support for these two hypotheses. Instead, results suggest marijuana centers are likely to be situated in neighborhoods with higher crime rates and more retail employment. Thus, despite the view by many planners and law enforcement officials that these centers are problematic, they do not take on LULU characteristics in siting and demographic changes. This finding, while limited to Denver, has important implications for policymakers who are considering similar marijuana policies.

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Section: Medical Marijuana Centers As Lulusmentioning

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Do medical marijuana centers behave like locally undesirable land uses? Implications for the geography of health and environmental justice

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“…The collective body of literature on human service facilities suggests that siting processes in this field are closely comparable (see Takahasi & Dear, 1997;Schively, 2007), which increases the homogeneity of the cases. Admittedly there are substantial differences between the different types of facilities included in this study.…”

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“…The drivers and dynamics of such public protest, and support, have received considerable attention from public administration scholars and political scientists, especially in the 1980s-1990s (e.g., Dear, 1992;Vittes et al, 1993;Hunter & Leyden, 1995;Takahasi & Dear, 1997). Such studies have generated heated debate about what citizens' attitudes towards noxious facilities are, and about the question whether the often-used NIMBY label fosters or inhibits understanding of this (e.g., Burningham, 2000;Wolsink, 2006;Van der Horst, 2007).…”

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Decide and Defend: Regaining Authority for Controversial Decisions Through Rendering Account

Karsten

2013

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Cover design: Lisa KeijzerCover photo: Edwin Wiekens (made in Breda, the Netherlands; not one of the cases included in this book) Layout and printing: Optima Grafische Communicatie, Rotterdam, the Netherlands ISBN 978-94-6169-356-3 © Niels Karsten, 2013All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission in writing from the proprietor(s). Decide and Defend Regaining authority for controversial decisions through rendering accountProefschrift ter verkrijging van de graad van doctor aan Tilburg University op gezag van de rector magnificus, prof. dr. Ph. Eijlander, in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van een door het college voor promoties aangewezen commissie in de aula van and suddenly you are doing the impossible." Most of the mayors and aldermen discussed in this thesis have done just that. They have managed to establish necessary, but highly controversial facilities for the homeless and have regained authority for their location decisions through explaining and justifying why they made these particular decisions. They have effectively shown directive leadership in a context that is particularly ill-disposed towards such a leadership style. Considering the controversiality of human service facility location decisions and the general mistrust of directive leadership, political-executives' ability to regain authority was unexpected. And indeed, not all succeeded in doing so to the same extent. The aim of this thesis was to gain understanding of how making controversial decisions affects executives' authority, more specifically, whether and how the rendering of account influences mayors and aldermen's authority. My attempt to answer that question has been an unforgettable experience, a true journey of discovery in the realm of locational conflict.Back in 2008, the project started out as a predominantly theoretical enterprise that focused on the relationship between the call for stronger leadership and the call for responsiveness. If it had not been for my supervisor, prof. Frank Hendriks, this thesis would have contained a multitude of intricate conceptual explorations of 'leadership', 'accountability', 'authority', 'political support', and the like. What I will remember most of Frank's supervision is the 'tja…' he occasionally wrote in the margins of sections of my work that I mistakenly thought of as original, though-provoking, and relevant pieces. I have taken 'tja…' to be the Frankian euphemism for 'I cannot say it is wrong', or even 'well thought out, well-written, but utterly irrelevant'. My sincere thanks, Frank, for reminding me to "really say something about really something", as you like to phrase it. A second word of thanks goes out to my co-supervisor, dr. LinzeSchaap, who has also played his part in 'keeping things real' by encouraging me to go out into the field, and at the same time keeping me sharp on non-subst...

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“…2000;Culhane et al 2002), community opposition to the developments can be fierce. Community residents advance many arguments for resisting supportive housing, but key among them are that the housing might lead to reductions in property values and increases in crime (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty 1997; Rocha and Dear 1989;Takahashi and Dear 1997). Early studies attempted to address such objections by examining the neighborhood impact of institutional housing that pre-dates the supportive housing model.…”

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The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods

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The Changing Dynamics of Community Opposition to Human Service Facilities

Cited by 90 publications

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Do medical marijuana centers behave like locally undesirable land uses? Implications for the geography of health and environmental justice

Do medical marijuana centers behave like locally undesirable land uses? Implications for the geography of health and environmental justice

Decide and Defend: Regaining Authority for Controversial Decisions Through Rendering Account

The Impact of Supportive Housing on Surrounding Neighborhoods

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