Suburbs are at the forefront of urban change, with urban policy looking to increase the density of suburban centres. Thus, the compact city has emerged as a dominant urban policy paradigm, where policy settings are configured to enable densification in designated centres. For some, this is a form of post-suburbanism, characterised by new drivers, experiences and outcomes of suburban redevelopment pressures. However, suburban densification can emerge as a site of contestation as diverse interests, such as residents, developers and governments, come together. We explore three suburban centres in Sydney, Australia, to identify the diverse array of resident positions, objectives and strategies that emerge in response to suburban densification. Drawing from literature on NIMBY (not-in-my-backyard), YIMBY (yes-in-my-backyard) and urban growth machines, we establish an analytical framework that disrupts simple pro- and anti-development positions, identifying five resident groups: supporters; resisters; opponents; expansionists; and beneficiaries.

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实现郊区致密化：多样化的居民群体以及支持和抵制策略


郊区处于城市变革的最前沿，城市政策寻求增加郊区中心的密度。因此，紧凑城市已成为一种占主导地位的城市政策范式，其政策设置旨在实现指定中心的致密化。对于一些人来说，这是后郊区主义的一种形式，其特点是郊区重建压力的新驱动力、经验和结果。然而，随着居民、开发商和政府等不同利益的聚集，郊区致密化可能会成为争论的焦点。我们探索了澳大利亚悉尼的三个郊区中心，以确定针对郊区致密化而出现的各种居民立场、目标和策略。借鉴有关 NIMBY（不要在我后院）、YIMBY（是在我后院）和城市增长机器的文献，我们建立了一个分析框架，打破了简单的支持和反对发展立场，确定了五个居民群体：支持者；抵抗者；对手；扩张主义者；和受益人。