(Sub)Urban Sexscapes presents a mix of geographical, sociological, urban planning and legal viewpoints of the commercial sex industry - sex shops, strip clubs, gentlemen's clubs, brothels and sex workers. The collection showcases contemporary and historical examples of the location, impacts and regulation of commercial sex industry activities in the USA, UK, Australia and Morocco.

Introduction 1. Spatial and Regulatory Contours of the (Sub)Urban Sexscape Part I: Geographies of the Sex Industry 2. Cosmo-Sexual Sydney: Global city status, urban cosmopolitanism and the (sub)urban sexscape 3. Sex Shops in England's Cities: From the backstreets to the high streets. 4. Conflict and Coexistence? Strip Clubs and Neighbors in 'Pornland', Oregon 5. Telecommunications Impacts on the Structure and Organisation of the Male Sex Industry 6. Housing Sex within the City: The placement of sex services beyond respectable domesticity? 7. The Landscape of BDSM Venues: A view from down under Part II: Regulation of the Sex Industry 8. Sexual Entertainment, Dread Risks and the Heterosexualization of Community Space 9. Sex and the Virtual Suburbs: The pornosphere and community standards. 10. Planning prostitution in colonial Morocco: Bousbir, Casablanca's Quartier reserve 11. Regulating Adult Business to Make Spaces Safe for Heterosexual Families in Atlanta 12. Legal Landscapes of Erotic Cities: Comparing legal 'prostitution' in New South Wales and Nevada 13. From Perception to Reality: Negative secondary effects and effective regulation of sex businesses in the US Conclusions 14. Conclusion: Towards pragmatic regulation of the sex industry