GEOG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Informal Sector, Gentrification, Class Conflict
15 Jun 2015
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External factors that shape human behaviour and cannot be changed. The power to act and shape one"s environment. The will and capability to act in a way that one has reason to value. Comprised of diverse groups, which converge differently on different issues, holding different values. Different aspects of the built environment can be viewed and valued differently by these groups. Roads, parks, fences and all infrastructure can become focal piints of contest and conflict. Differences in the built environment are a reflection of socioeconomic deisparities. People should live in houses and neighbourhoods according to their financial capabilities. Access with little state intervention, market institution. People should be guaranteed a place to live regardess of finances. State should intervene when people can"t afford. Housing, healthcare, education, transportation, communication, sanitation etc The housing market is the key institution that regulates access to housing. Location of housing is related to value. Prices within unfettered housing market fluctuate according to supply and demand.
