03876nam 2200649 450 991046793740332120210903005049.01-4426-2808-110.3138/9781442628083(CKB)4940000000585657(MiAaPQ)EBC4670007(Au-PeEL)EBL4670007(CaPaEBR)ebr11256521(OCoLC)958570906(DE-B1597)465554(OCoLC)946712785(OCoLC)999354345(DE-B1597)9781442628083(EXLCZ)99494000000058565720160921h20062006 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe moral economy of cities shaping good citizens /Evelyn S. RuppertToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,2006.©20061 online resource (308 pages) illustrations, mapsCultural Spaces0-8020-3886-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --List of Tables and Maps --Acknowledgments --1. The Good City --2. Making Yonge-Dundas Good --3. The Secure City --4. The Consumer City --5. The Aesthetic City --6. The Governable City --7. Making the Good City --8. Yonge-Dundas Made Good? --Appendix A: List of Exhibits --Appendix B --Notes --Bibliography --Illustration Credits --IndexWhat makes a good city? This question has long preoccupied groups interested and involved in the making and remaking of city spaces. In The Moral Economy of Cities, Evelyn S. Ruppert contends that the vision of the 'good city' embraced by professionals in the business of city making recognizes the interests of a dominant public, namely middle class consumers, office workers, tourists, and families. This vision stigmatizes certain members of the public like street youth, panhandlers, discount- and low-income shoppers, and the language used to extol the virtues of the good city inherently moralizes social conduct in the city. Using the redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto in the mid-1990s as a case study, Ruppert examines the language of planners, urban designers, architects, and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye and buttresses the very projects they produce. Ruppert's conclusion that economic practices are not free from moral investment encourages the considerable task of re-examining the implications of city planning and development worldwide. The Moral Economy of Cities is mandatory reading for urban studies scholars and practitioners, and their critics. Disclaimer: Images removed at the request of the rights holderCultural spaces.City planningMoral and ethical aspectsUrban renewalMoral and ethical aspectsUrban renewalOntarioTorontoHistory20th centuryUrban renewalOntarioTorontoCase studiesCity planningOntarioTorontoCase studiesCity planningOntarioTorontoHistory20th centuryElectronic books.City planningMoral and ethical aspects.Urban renewalMoral and ethical aspects.Urban renewalHistoryUrban renewalCity planningCity planningHistory307.141609713541Ruppert Evelyn Sharon1959-875263MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467937403321The moral economy of cities1954155UNINA