GGR124H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gated Community, Urban Geography, Nondualism
12 Apr 2018
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Nature and the crisis of sustainability: los angeles and the parable of the sower, from the city as an environmental problem to urban nature", flint, michigan and the crisis of water. An informal group that includes geographers, sociologists, and urban planners. Understands los angeles as a source of important lessons about postmodern" urban geography. Argues that the city is not simply the backdrop for economic, social, and political relations, but rather that space is an active political force that brings social relations together in particular ways. Sees the postmodern urban landscape as fractured, with multiple centres" and no coherent order. Understand the city to be shaped by of racial inequality, government regulation and investment (particularly military spending), uneven development associated with capitalist urbanism, popular culture, gender norms and violence, architecture, and city planning. A non-linear, chaotic process that includes pathological forms such as gated communities and life threatening environmental degradation.
