Mastering Land Use Politics: Dealing with NIMBYs, YIMBYs and Covert Operatives

<p dir="ltr">Mastering Land Use Politics is the definitive insider’s guide to understanding and overcoming opposition to real estate development in today’s hyper-political climate. Drawing on more than 2,000 campaigns across 48 U.S. states and five countries, author Patrick F. Fox exposes the strategies, power dynamics, and covert tactics that shape what gets built — and what gets blocked.<br></p><p dir="ltr">From neighborhood meetings and zoning boards to organized opposition campaigns and political sabotage, this book reveals how NIMBYs (Not In My Back Yard), YIMBYs (Yes In My Back Yard), and covert operatives manipulate public opinion, weaponize bureaucracy, and derail projects large and small. Whether you’re a developer, planner, advocate, or public official, Mastering Land Use Politics delivers a field-tested roadmap for navigating the theater of public hearings, building grassroots support, neutralizing resistance, and securing project approvals.<br></p><p dir="ltr">With practical strategies, case studies, and a groundbreaking typology of opposition actors, this book goes beyond traditional planning theory to confront the messy, real-world politics of land use head-on.</p><p><br></p>