Spatial Regulation in New York City: From Urban Renewal to Zero Tolerance
Title
Spatial Regulation in New York City: From Urban Renewal to Zero Tolerance
Creator
Themis Chronopoulos
Description
This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications of urban renewal, exclusionary zoning, anti-vagrancy laws, and order-maintenance policing. It argues that these practices were part of a class project that deflected attention from the underlying causes of poverty, eroded civil rights, and sought to enable real estate investment, high-end consumption, mainstream tourism, and corporate success. (Routledge)
Chronopoulos, Themis. Spatial Regulation in New York City: From Urban Renewal to Zero Tolerance. Routledge Advances in Geography 4. New York: Routledge, 2011. http://www.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio12462184. [Especially Chapter 1, pages 8-20]