GEOG 217 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social Polarization, Public Space, Skid Row
18 May 2018
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GEOG 217: March 13th, 2018
Urban In/Securities:
- Social polarization, inequality, and differences in cities are becoming ever more pressing
- Questions to Ask: Whose city is it? Who is secure and insecure? How do you respond to
insecurities?
Outline:
- What/where is urban public space?
o No clear example of a truly public space
- The politics of property
Public Space:
- A place that is open and accessible to all
o Unlikely to occur
o There is no neat dividing line between public and private space, but a combination of
both
- Public space is not always physical
o Example: Media
- With that being said, cities are still important sights for public action
Public Spaces as Sights for Struggle:
- Access to public space are sights for struggle
o Becoming increasingly excludable
o Example: Who is considered proper enough to occupy public space
The Politics of Property:
- Property is ubiquitous
o Everything is owned (either individually or collectively)
o Yet, this is often overlooked
- The question of who has the right to a space is arguably of more consequence in more
densely populated areas
Classical Property Model:
- Single, identifiable owner
- Full bundle of rights (exclusion, transfer, sale, use)
- Owner engaged in self-regarding behavior
o Assumption that the owner will improve property to fetch higher re-sale price
- Property is essentially private property
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Document Summary
Social polarization, inequality, and differences in cities are becoming ever more pressing. What/where is urban public space: no clear example of a truly public space. A place that is open and accessible to all: unlikely to occur, there is no neat dividing line between public and private space, but a combination of both. Public space is not always physical: example: media. With that being said, cities are still important sights for public action. Access to public space are sights for struggle: becoming increasingly excludable, example: who is considered (cid:498)proper(cid:499) enough to occupy public space. Property is ubiquitous: everything is owned (either individually or collectively, yet, this is often overlooked. The question of who has the right to a space is arguably of more consequence in more densely populated areas. Full bundle of rights (exclusion, transfer, sale, use) Owner engaged in self-regarding behavior: assumption that the owner will improve property to fetch higher re-sale price.
