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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460233403321

Autore

Chronopoulos Themis.

Titolo

Spatial regulation in New York City : from urban renewal to zero tolerance / / Themis Chronopoulos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-10346-X

9786613103468

1-136-74068-6

0-203-81908-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Routledge advances in geography ; ; 4

Disciplina

307.7609747/109045

Soggetti

Urban renewal - New York (State) - New York

Urban renewal - Social aspects - New York (State) - New York

Law enforcement - New York (State) - New York

Crime prevention - New York (State) - New York

Electronic books.

New York (N.Y.) Social conditions 20th century

New York (N.Y.) History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The betrayal of the liberal assumptions of urban renewal -- The failure of urban renewal as a spatial ordering apparatus -- Times Square : New York's most disorderly place -- Neoliberalism, neoconservatism, and spatial regulation -- Graffiti as a manifestation of social disorder -- The declining appearance of order, 1978-1993 -- The radicalization of spatial regulation, 1994-2001 -- Epilogue : the legacy of displacement and exclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications of urban renewal, exclusionary zoning, anti-vagrancy laws, and order-maintenance policing. It argues that these practices were part of a class project that deflected attention from the underlying



causes of poverty, eroded civil rights, and sought to enable real estate investment, high-end consumption, mainstream tourism, and corporate success.