sábado, 5 de fevereiro de 2022

A pretty shitty job


Jacobin 2019-03-12, por Samuel STEIN 
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/03/gentrification-is-a-feature-not-a-bug-of-capitalist-urban-planning

Gentrification Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of Capitalist Urban Planning

(..) urban planners’ main job is to contain these two contradictions; neither can be resolved, but both can be managed. It’s a complicated bind. They are supposed to make certain land use interventions, but are prevented from making more sweeping changes. Their process must be open to the public, while simultaneously guaranteeing that ultimate power resides in the hands of propertied elites. It can be a pretty shitty job. (..)"

A view of the Hudson Yards development zone is seen from the street on August 31, 2018 in New York City.
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