YIMBYISM, THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THE REMAKING OF RACE AND CLASS COALITIONS IN AUSTIN, TX.
Recently, debates about the future of Austin's housing policies have been reshaped by the rise of a vocal group of well‐organized and self‐styled YIMBYs. In particular, this group has been important in the restructuring of political coalitions that both support and oppose the Urbanist elements conta...
| Published in: | International Journal of Urban & Regional Research Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 312 - 319 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2022
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