Beschreibung:
The text offers a critical perspective on complex and consequential aspects of growth and change in London, viewed through the lens of multiscalar space, and exemplary case studies. It demonstrates how capital, culture and governance have combined to reproduce London, within a frame of relational geographies and historical relayering.
1. Urban Change and the Reproduction of Space 2. The Governance of Space in London: From political economy to neo-liberalism 3. Money Metropolis: Financialization, spaces of capital, and the property machine 4. Global Capital and Urban Megaprojects: The appropriation of place-identity and social memory 5. Culture and the Remaking of Place and Territory: Space, local regeneration and the instrumental use of culture 6. The Convivial City: Spaces of spectacle, encounter and experience 7. Spaces of Innovation: The 'Tech City' trope and place branding in London 8. New Gentrifiers and Emblematic Territories: Hypergentrification, displacement in situ and territorial dislocation 9. Inscriptions of Postcolonialism and Social History: Class signifiers, persistent localism and vernacular spaces in London 10. Brexit London: The liberal city in a neo-liberal state