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Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

Douglas

The Help-Yourself City

Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-069132-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 233 mm, Gewicht: 377 g

ISBN: 978-0-19-069132-5
Verlag: Oxford University Press


When cash-strapped local governments fail to provide adequate services, and planning policies prioritize economic development over community needs, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at the people who take urban planning into their own hands, dubbed "do-it-yourself urban design." Through in-depth interviews with do-it-yourselfers, professional planners, and community members, as well as participant
observation, photography, media, and policy analysis, Douglas demonstrates that many do-it-yourselfers employ professional techniques and expertise to enable and inspire their actions. He argues that many unauthorized interventions are created from a position of privilege, where legal repercussions are unlikely,
while people from disadvantaged communities where improvements may be most needed face disincentives to taking such actions themselves. Presenting a needed social analysis of this growing trend, while connecting it to debates on inequality, citizenship, and contemporary urban political economy, The Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's relationships to their surroundings and the individualization of democratic responsibility.

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Gordon Douglas is Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at San José State University in California, where he is Director of the Institute for Metropolitan Studies. Born in England and raised in Northern California, he has also lived in Chicago, London, Los Angeles, and New York.



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