The text offers a critical perspective on complex and consequential aspects of growth and change in London, viewed through the lens of multiscalar space, and exemplary case studies. It demonstrates how capital, culture and governance have combined to reproduce London, within a frame of relational geographies and historical relayering.
The text offers a critical perspective on complex and consequential aspects of growth and change in London, viewed through the lens of multiscalar space, and exemplary case studies. It demonstrates how capital, culture and governance have combined to reproduce London, within a frame of relational geographies and historical relayering.
Tom Hutton is Professor of Urban Studies and City Planning in the Centre for Human Settlements, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests include new industry formation in the inner city, the role of service industries in urban transformation within the Asia-Pacific and the complex imprints of culture and social groups within the districts of the city.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Urban Change and the Reproduction of Space 2. The Governance of Space in London: From political economy to neo-liberalism 3. Money Metropolis: Financialization, spaces of capital, and the property machine 4. Global Capital and Urban Megaprojects: The appropriation of place-identity and social memory 5. Culture and the Remaking of Place and Territory: Space, local regeneration and the instrumental use of culture 6. The Convivial City: Spaces of spectacle, encounter and experience 7. Spaces of Innovation: The 'Tech City' trope and place branding in London 8. New Gentrifiers and Emblematic Territories: Hypergentrification, displacement in situ and territorial dislocation 9. Inscriptions of Postcolonialism and Social History: Class signifiers, persistent localism and vernacular spaces in London 10. Brexit London: The liberal city in a neo-liberal state
1. Urban Change and the Reproduction of Space 2. The Governance of Space in London: From political economy to neo-liberalism 3. Money Metropolis: Financialization, spaces of capital, and the property machine 4. Global Capital and Urban Megaprojects: The appropriation of place-identity and social memory 5. Culture and the Remaking of Place and Territory: Space, local regeneration and the instrumental use of culture 6. The Convivial City: Spaces of spectacle, encounter and experience 7. Spaces of Innovation: The 'Tech City' trope and place branding in London 8. New Gentrifiers and Emblematic Territories: Hypergentrification, displacement in situ and territorial dislocation 9. Inscriptions of Postcolonialism and Social History: Class signifiers, persistent localism and vernacular spaces in London 10. Brexit London: The liberal city in a neo-liberal state
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