01:450:250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Public Space, Racialization, Economic Globalization
1 Apr 2019
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E. g. walls, and fences made to symbolize exclusion. Los angeles is an example of such a suburb that exemplifies this. The architecture of the buildings exudes hostilities towards the streets and symbolizes that the otherwise safe streets are dangerous when they are not. Once integrated cities are being splintered and split into homogenous areas rather than diverse ones. Urban infrastructure should be linked through an integrated network, centrally planned and controlled by the state. All cities provided equal access to public services. This was the dominant view of infrastructure planning in the west until the mid- While people were not happy with the idea of big brother watching over everyone with a prying eye, everyone had equal access to everything. Now, instead of everyone being an urban citizen, everyone is a urban consumer, where the highest payer gets the best access to services. Collapse of the integrated ideal in 90s.
