BANANAs

NIMBYs (Not In My BackYard), the Little Englanders hell bent on not sharing their land/ views/ breathing space with newcomers, er I mean opposed to big development, have been replaced. Fear of the new has given rise to the BANANAs of those folks who would Build Absolutely Nothin Anywhere near Anything. Term coined (or at least used) by one of my lecturers, Prof. Mark Tewdwr-Jones, at a workshop on "The Big Society, a Reflection upon its Implications for Urban Futures in the UK." (Part of the Cities Group in the Department of Geography at King's College London with Prof. Rob Imrie, Cities and Dr. Mike Raco).