Dis)connecting Milan(ese)

Deterritorialised Urbanism and Disempowering Politics in Globalising Cities

Bibliographic Data

ID4139428
AuthorsSusana González (0000-0003-3958-2119, University of Leeds, corresponding author), Sara Gonzalez (0000-0002-7309-8956, University of Leeds)
Year2009
Volume41
Issue1
Pages31-47
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1068/a40136
OpenAlexW2022832764
LanguageEN
Citations received18
References cited37

This paper contributes to the debates on relational conceptualisations of space by focusing on how these notions are used by policy makers in particular governance contexts. It uses the example of Milan, where recent urban interventions and a particular fragmented governance structure demonstrate how overstated accounts of relationality can take hold in disempowering ways. It argues that, as Milan tries to become connected into the global flows of capital by 'going up' the city league, most Milanese are becoming disconnected from the democratic government of their city. As such, an excessive emphasis on connectivity and fluid conceptions of space risks losing sight of the particularities and uniqueness of places and the territorial nature of problems in cities today. It concludes that, theoretically, we still need a relational concept of space but one which denounces unevenness and spatial injustice

Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Geography · Injustice · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Urbanism · Law · Urban Planning and Governance · Urbanization and City Planning · Walter Benjamin Studies Compilation · Architecture

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