Spatial Regulation in New York City: From Urban Renewal to Zero Tolerance

By Themis Chronopoulos

Book Overview

This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications of urban renewal, exclusionary zoning, anti-vagrancy laws, and order-maintenance policing. It argues that these practices were part of a class project that deflected attention from the underlying causes of poverty, eroded civil rights, and sought to enable real estate investment, high-end consumption, mainstream tourism, and corporate success.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415850797
• ISBN13: 9780415850797
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"