Getting Globalized
Urban Policy and Industrial Displacement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670462 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Winifred Curran (0000-0001-5223-6822, DePaul University, corresponding author), Susan Hanson (0000-0002-2198-1595, Clark University) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 461-482 |
| Publication date | 2005-09-01 |
| 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 | 10.2747/0272-3638.26.6.461 |
| OpenAlex | W1983419162 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 23 |
We hypothesize that as the "global city" label becomes ever more central to a city's identity, local urban government policy increasingly supports those economic sectors that city leaders see as being congruent with the global and increasingly undermines sectors that serve primarily local markets. Through an in-depth study of small-scale manufacturers in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, in New York City, we examine the extent to which and the ways in which local policy undermines otherwise healthy locally oriented businesses. We find that the City's assumption that urban manufacturing is a dying breed becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, largely via the City's own treatment of its manufacturing businesses. Through a lack of enforcement of zoning codes, zoning variances and rezoning initiatives, and more quotidian policies of harassment over noise and other quality of life complaints, the City is making it more difficult to do business for small-scale manufacturers. These policies then create a conventional wisdom that sees the City as a difficult place to start and grow a business. Keywords: global citypolicymanufacturingdisplacementNew York
Business · Cityscape · Civil engineering · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Enforcement · Geography · Global city · Government (linguistics · Harassment · Local government · Political science · Scale (ratio · Urban planning · Urban policy · Zoning · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Law · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 0,95 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 18 |