The Politics of Design and Development in the Postmodern Downtown
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12066950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robyne S Turner (University of Missouri–Kansas City, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 533-548 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Urban Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0735-2166 • E-ISSN: 1467-9906 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9906.00142 |
| OpenAlex | W2019364019 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
As cities cope with new economic realities their downtown spaces are changing. Downtowns have become consumption–based places that are designed more like amusement parks for tourists than as urban places for residents. The increasing privatization of design and oversight of downtown spaces raises questions about democratic access and in whose interests public development policy is made. The case cities examined here suggest that cities are struggling to find ways to make their need for development success match their desire to make downtowns accessible. Despite citizen participation and political rhetoric about public access, cities make compromises. They are willing to give private control over formerly public space in exchange for a productive economic return. Such behavior produces a positive cultural reference but allows little room for diversity
Amusement · Consumption (sociology · Diversity (politics · Downtown · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public space · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Law · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance
Neo-liberal urban planning policies
Willingness to pay for downtown public goods generated by large, sports-anchored development projects
De la ville moderne aux micro-ordres de la ville insulaire
Planning for Post-pandemic Downtowns of Mid-size Urban Areas
Construção de espaços públicos em Bogotá e Rio de Janeiro
Percepción social y estética del espacio público urbano en la sociedad contemporánea
Public space and its publicness in people-oriented urban regeneration
Re-arranging public-private partnerships
Rethinking the Politics of Downtown Development
A New Land Use in Downtown
Corporately Sponsored Redevelopment Campaigns and the Demographic Stability of Urban Neighborhoods
Geography of consumption I
Artists as property owners and small-scale developers
Private practices in public spaces
Framing Cultural Resource Policies in Comprehensive Plans
Repensar lo público
Micro-regeneration in Shanghai and the public-isation of space
Out of Place” in the City
Urban Politics Reconsidered
Defining a Public
Past, present and future revitalization trends in Canadian mid‐size city downtowns
Civil Liberties and the Regulation of Public Space
Stretching Urban Renaissance
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2024 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |