GPHY 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Effective Demand, Walkability, Direct Democracy

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Geography
• Course: GPHY 227
• Professor: Betsy J Donald

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Urban geography chapter 7 governing the city: the state, urban planning, and politics. Barcelona 2005 protests re: tourism and gentrification/redevelopment of the city, removing residents from el ravel area. Urban entrepreneurialism investment-friendly strategies used by urban authorities to entice companies and entrepreneurs to their jurisdictions. E. g. public-private partnerships proliferati(cid:374)g arou(cid:374)d the (cid:272)it(cid:455)(cid:859)s rede(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. e(cid:374)trepre(cid:374)eurialis(cid:373) = o(cid:374)e (cid:373)a(cid:374)ifestation of neoliberalism/neoliberalisation. Privatisation of formerly state-led concerns; different perspectives are prioritised for urban planning. 7. 2 capitalist urbanisation: planning, social provision and the housing question. Cities = spaces of collective consumption; sustain capitalism. Urban authorities support collective consumption and social provision. Cambridge england; the cambridge phenomenon high-profile investments/clustering; houses too expensive. Growth coalition go(cid:448)(cid:859)t rela(cid:454)ed pla(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g laws, enabled new housing and investment in road and transport infrastructure (urban) growth coalition local business & political leaders; argued the greenbelt round. Definition: alliance of business organisations and local government actors, whose interest is in the further expansion of the local (city) or regional economy.