Folding Beijing in Houchangcun Road, or, the topology of power density
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670418 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yimin Zhao (0000-0002-7174-2461, Renmin University of China, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1247-1259 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02723638.2020.1850046 |
| OpenAlex | W3108844872 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 23 |
This paper engages with discussions on geographies of urban density by investigating the enduring power relations that underlie the (de-)forming of urban densities in Beijing. Articulating a topological framework with the infrastructural lives of socio-spatial reordering in Houchangcun Road, often being labelled “the most congested in the universe,” this paper presents how the authoritarian state manages to sustain its will to power/legitimacy and renders this will a kernel of the geography of power densities. This congestion-density, it turns out, is induced by the state’s folding together of various dimensions of the urban process and is experienced in an infrastructurally disturbing way. The topological consistency of power as such is with broader theoretical implications, since it reminds us of the significance of political mechanisms underlying a world of intensive heterogeneities on the one hand and the limit of verticality as a principal metaphor in talking about urban density on the other
Authoritarianism · Beijing · China · Civil engineering · Democracy · Economic geography · Folding (DSP implementation · Geography · Metaphor · Physics · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Topology (electrical circuits · Urban density · Urban planning · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Law · Mathematics · Urban Planning and Governance · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |