CRR-8: Crisis of Cities.
Muhammad Ahmed Zeeshan Qureshi 12290
Readings:
1. Peter Marcuse, The ghetto of exclusion and the fortified enclave.
2. David Harvey, Flexible Accumulation through Urbanization.
3. David Harvey, The condition of modernity, Chapter 9: From Fordism to flexible accumulation.
This week’s readings focused on the crisis of cities in west that started in 1970s. It was during this period that the term urban decay- the process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude- became associated with Western cities, especially in North America and parts of Europe (mostly the United Kingdom and France). The fiscal crises and social unrest opened way to questions and new theories
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As the urban process changes, so does development for the rest of the nation. Inter-urban competition for space creates development in life-style, cultural form, produced, and political/consumer-based innovations. The desire for favorable ‘business climate’ pushes urban communities to want to attract businesses to bringing economic development. Cities also have low income populations, and the growth of poverty has led to many different developments such as entrepreneurship in the low-income community. “Symbolic capital,” the collection of luxury goods asserting the wealth and prosperity of the owner, has grown in importance and amount since the 1970s, with even the middle-class …show more content…
This is mainly geared to the preservation or enhancement of exchange values and culture of people in a community. What I understand from this is that members of a community will form organizations to maintain the “tone” of the community space. This is to prevent outsiders from coming in with ideas or values that they are not accustomed to. They want their culture to remain the same. This point can be linked to Marcuse’s discussion of enclave in which people congregate as a means of enhancing their economic, social, political and cultural
Phillips, E. Barbara. City Lights: Urban-Suburban Life in the Global Society. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
backing of their desire to create a community. It seems some of the communal groups,
Lehrer, U. and Laidley, J. (2008) analyze how the expensive urban projects close to waterfront Toronto are used as an expression and indication of urban renewal. The article explains that diversity of forms and uses are employed in these new mega-projects which initiates urban inequality compared to the old mega project...
The Forms of Capital (1986) written by Bourdieu address the concepts of cultural and social capital. From his point of view, he believes that cultural capital is something that is equipped by oneself and, as a result, reproduces economic capital. The two capitals are directly proportion to each
In the documentary, “Cleveland: Confronting Decline in an American City” the short movie analyses the great risk confronting Cleveland as a city as result of deterioration and dilapidation of the urban core. The documentary discusses factors that are responsible for this problem and possible solutions; as this has become a phenomenon, not just in Cleveland but other major US cities. The issue of the urban decline in most cities cuts across people, commerce, and the economy in general. However, the questions of how most cities arrived at their current predicament, consequences of abandoning these concerns, and what can be done to reverse the bad situation, remain unanswered.
During the last half of the 1800’s and the early part of the 1900’s urban population in western Europe made enormous increases. During this period France’s overall population living in cities increased twenty percent, and in Germany the increase was almost thirty percent. This great flow of people into cities created many problems in resource demands and patterns of urban life. These demands created a revolution in sanitation and medicine. Part of this revolution was the redesigning of cities. G.E. Baron Von Haussmann was the genius behind the new plans for the city of Paris.
Urban Consolidation Factors and Fallacies in Urban Consolidation: Introduction As proponents of urban consolidation and consolidated living continue to manifest in our society, we must ensure that our acknowledgment of its benefits, and the problems of its agitator (sprawl), do not hinder our caution over its continually changing objectives. Definition Like much urban policy, the potential benefits that urban consolidation and the urban village concept seek to offer are substantially undermined by ambiguous definition. This ambiguity, as expressed through a general lack of inter-governmental and inter-professional cohesion on this policy, can best be understood in terms of individual motives (AIUSH,1991). * State Government^s participatory role in the reduction of infrastructure spending.
Of the many problems affecting urban communities, both locally and abroad, there is one issue in particular, that has been victimizing the impoverished within urban communities for nearly a century; that would be the problem of gentrification. Gentrification is a word used to describe the process by which urban communities are coerced into adopting improvements respective to housing, businesses, and general presentation. Usually hidden behind less abrasive, or less stigmatized terms such as; “urban renewal” or “community revitalization” what the process of gentrification attempts to do, is remove all undesirable elements from a particular community or neighborhood, in favor of commercial and residential enhancements designed to improve both the function and aesthetic appeal of that particular community. The purpose of this paper is to make the reader aware about the significance of process of gentrification and its underlying impact over the community and the community participation.
For this book report, I was assigned to read the book titled “How Paris Became Paris, The Invention of the Modern City”. Published in 2014 by former professor and well-known writer Joan DeJean. DeJean has written eleven books in her life consisting of several different topics. She’s written about French literature, history, and culture from the eighteenth century. She is a dynamic writer and perhaps has written her most iconic and dynamic piece in her latest entry “How Paris Became Paris”. In her book, she goes in-depth and details regarding the rise of Paris’ built environment and its effect on the nation of France and the entire global community as a whole. In this book report, I will describe and highlight the tipping point on the evolution
Cultural capital has great power through the control and maintenance of traditions, expected and accepted roles and behaviours, notably gender roles, important artefacts, language, institutions and services (Navarro, 2006). Of these, two essential contributors being educational facilities and religious institutions (Navarro, 2006). Finally, economic capital holds power through property and literal financial capital or monetary resources, this empowers individuals to have some degree of agency and autonomy (Navarro, 2006). This gives power to individuals to interact with higher classes, or form part of such, to purchase and interact with goods and services that are valued by the society and in turn receive respect and enhances social status (Navarro,
A community is established when more than two people share the same values and through time this personal connection evolves into a fellowship governed by rituals, traditions, and a particular form of communication that when taken together makes a group of individuals whether living in a specific geographical area or connected by ideals so distinct that their distinguishing marks allow them to stand out from among the crowd. They do not just believe in something like an organization but they need each other to survive and thrive. A good example is the Old Order Amish Mennonite community wherein the community serves as source of identity, strength and provides the reason why they should sustain the community’s way of life.
Harvey, D. (1989). The Urban Process under Capitalism: A Framework for Analysis. In R.T. Legates, & F. Stout (Eds.). The City Reader (pp. 116-124). New York, NY: Routledge.
Introduction One of the mainly electrifying essentials of contemporary times is the urbanisation of the globe. For sociological reasons, a city is a relatively great, crowded and lasting community of diverse individuals. In metropolitan areas, urban sociology is the sociological research of life, human interaction and their role in the growth of society. Modern urban sociology is created from the work of sociologists such as Max Weber and Georg Simmel who put forward the economic, social and intellectual development of urbanisation and its consequences. The aim of this essay is to explain what life is like in the ‘big metropolis’, both objectively and subjectively.
The community strives for acceptance, tolerance, and equality for each of its members, which opens up social interaction in a non-anxious setting.
Businesses that produce jobs and capital are usually located in in urban areas. Tourism and trade in cities are the main source of foreign money in a country. The city life is ideal for people who want to m...