Creative Destruction of New York City - Engineering the City for the Elite

Informationen zum Autor A critical urban scholar with a cross-disciplinary background and a passion for thought-provoking research, Alessandro Busà seeks to demystify established knowledge around the issues that matter the most to the life of ordinary urban residents. Busà has carried out research in New York City at Columbia University, and has published extensively on the social, cultural and economic impact of urban development in New York's most iconic neighbourhoods. Busà holds a Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin. Klappentext The Creative Destruction of New York City tells the story of fifteen years of shocking urban changes in New York City under the administrations of Bloomberg and de Blasio, and identifies the urban regime of city producers who are rebuilding cities like New York for a brand new global class of super-wealthy city consumers. Zusammenfassung The Creative Destruction of New York City tells the story of fifteen years of shocking urban changes in New York City under the administrations of Bloomberg and de Blasio, and identifies the urban regime of city producers who are rebuilding cities like New York for a brand new global class of super-wealthy city consumers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The New Face of Harlem's Main Street Chapter 2: How Capital Shapes Our Cities Chapter 3: City Producers and City Consumers Chapter 4: City Producers and City Consumers in New York City Chapter 5: Rezoning NYC Chapter 6: Branding NYC Chapter 7: The Rezoning that Almost Killed Coney Island Chapter 8: A Different Brand of Mayor Afterword

Product details

• Authors: Alessandro ( Bus^d'a, Alessandro ( Busa, Alessandro Busà, Alessandro Busaa
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2017
• EAN: 9780190610098
• ISBN: 978-0-19-061009-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Travel > Travel guides > North and Central America; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Urban communities, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Regional, state and other local government, Regional government