CITB02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jan Gehl, Sustainable Development, Creative Class
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The super creative core- scientists engineers and profs. Though leadership of modern society: writers, editors, analysts. But both engage in the creative process. Individuality: the creative class do not want to conform to organizational or institutional directives and resist traditional group-oriented norms: meritocracy: the creative class favours hard work, challenge and stimulation. Creative class value merit they do not find their status in their wealth. Creative class people are ambitious and want to move up based on their peers: diversity and openness: seeking an environment open to differences. Even if they are not gay they ask for same-sex partner benefits. Many highly creative people grew up feeling like outsiders. Discuss how gentrification is a process of informal economic eviction and socio-cultural exclusion. In the text social exclusion and space, planning theorist ali madanipour (1998) discusses how urban space is organized and spatial practices controlled and regulated.
