GEOG 216 Lecture Notes - City Marketing, Deindustrialization, Gentrification
16 Dec 2012
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Marketing the post-industrial city (reading 21, gaffney)28 november 2012. Deindustrialization: transformation of docks, need for capital, whole structure of labor changed, old buildings turn to entrainment shopping areas. Global, creative, consumption, public(david harvey theory) global not a choice, commanding control centers, corporate headquarters, creative is agglomerations, consumptions city are markets, tourists cities, conferences & conventions, public sectors is universities, hospitals, where gov is major employer. Gentrification: the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class. David ley (consumption) vs neil smith (production: people with more money, want a certain lifestyle, student artist looking for cheap rent, gets a certain reputation, then more rich people move there also. Entrepreneurial city: city of exception (carlos vainer): cities start to make exceptions for private business, neoliberal city: an ideology, gov needs to leave the economy alone, pro-bussiness, attack on social reproduction, governance (entrepreneurial) vs government (managerial) (david harvey)
