GGRB05H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Sales Tax, Social Reproduction, Effective Demand
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Protests in el raval in barcelona, spain were to fight the displacement /gentrification of the district was targeted for urban re-development polices in the late 1980s. Barcelona used to be an industrial centre but is now transformed into a european cultural center with global aspirations. U(cid:396)(cid:271)a(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) has (cid:373)ade it ha(cid:396)d to put (cid:271)ou(cid:374)da(cid:396)ies o(cid:374) the (cid:862)u(cid:396)(cid:271)a(cid:374)(cid:863) New era of urban entrepreneurialism(: investment-friendly strategies used by urban authorities to entice companies and entrepreneurs to their jurisdictions a sign of this is the increase of public-private partnerships around the re-development of the city) has emerged. Coupled with neoliberalism growth of public-private partnerships, private financing of urban development and infrastructure etc. 7. 2 capitalist urbanization: planning, social provision, and the housing. While all cities has particular allocations for capital and labour, there are specific economic sectors that work in re-developing land, producing housing and infrastructure.
