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Introduction: exploring urban segregation

Introduction: exploring urban segregation he last two or three decades have been marked by the unprecedented proliferation of exclusive urban spaces in metropolises around the globe in general, and in post-colonial metropolises in particular. Gated communities and exclusive shopping malls are among the most noticeable and also most widely discussed of these developments. Yet there are many other projects and manifestations that similarly bespeak this tale of urban segregation at large, and the privatization of public spaces in particular. The rapid nature of recent urban transformations necessitates constant debate and, very importantly, comparative work for a better understanding of how similar physical projects and conceptualizations take root in different locations, how they are received, transformed or rejected, what local forces and dynamics accommodate or challenge their local articulations, and how individuals and groups make, remake, strengthen, challenge or even sabotage new forms of urban segregation. The simplistic assumption, that the “global” makes and remakes the “local” is not helpful in this context. Instead, analysts need to look for particulars in specific localities (already mediated by multiple dynamics in the case of post-colonial metropolises) and examine how these provide opportunities for globally articulated and available spatial models and conceptualization to create local variations. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png City & Society Wiley

Introduction: exploring urban segregation

KUPPINGER, PETRA
City & Society , Volume 16 (2) – Dec 1, 2004
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Abstract

he last two or three decades have been marked by the unprecedented proliferation of exclusive urban spaces in metropolises around the globe in general, and in post-colonial metropolises in particular. Gated communities and exclusive shopping malls are among the most noticeable and also most widely discussed of these developments. Yet there are many other projects and manifestations that similarly bespeak this tale of urban segregation at large, and the privatization of public spaces in particular. The rapid nature of recent urban transformations necessitates constant debate and, very importantly, comparative work for a better understanding of how similar physical projects and conceptualizations take root in different locations, how they are received, transformed or rejected, what local forces and dynamics accommodate or challenge their local articulations, and how individuals and groups make, remake, strengthen, challenge or even sabotage new forms of urban segregation. The simplistic assumption, that the “global” makes and remakes the “local” is not helpful in this context. Instead, analysts need to look for particulars in specific localities (already mediated by multiple dynamics in the case of post-colonial metropolises) and examine how these provide opportunities for globally articulated and available spatial models and conceptualization to create local variations.

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Published: Dec 1, 2004

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