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Urban struggles and the transformation of the apartheid local state: the case of community and civic organizations in Durban

Urban struggles and the transformation of the apartheid local state: the case of community and civic organizations in Durban
Association ; Community ; Democracy ; Housing ; Local policy ; Natal ; Organization ; Societal relations ; South Africa ; Urban social movement ; Urban society
The paper examines the role of civic and community struggles in influencing the transformation of the local state from the early 1980s to the present time. The Housing Action Committee resisted rent increases for low-income groups and opposed

Received concepts and theories in African urbanisation and management strategies : the struggle continues

Received concepts and theories in African urbanisation and management strategies : the struggle continues
Africa ; Collective facilities ; Drainage;Sanitation improvement ; Drinking water ; Housing ; Public service ; Urban administration ; Urban planning ; Urban policy ; Urban transport ; Urbanization
Over the past two decades, commentators and policy-makers have been enjoined to change their approach, but there are still many who have yet to adopt new attitudes. It is argued that concepts related to urban sanitation, water supply, urban
agriculture, urban transport and aspects of housing supply need to be redefined to reflect local circumstances.

The politics of growth control : struggles in Pasadena, California

The politics of growth control : struggles in Pasadena, California
California ; Economic restructuring ; Housing ; Ideology ; Los Angeles ; Social control ; United States ; Urban conflict ; Urban growth ; Urban planning ; Urban renewal ; Urban structure

The politics of gambling and ambivalence : struggles over urban policy in Copenhagen.

The politics of gambling and ambivalence : struggles over urban policy in Copenhagen.
Copenhagen ; Denmark ; Governance ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban policy ; Years 1970-79 ; Years 1980-89 ; Years 1990-99

Saving Japantown, serving the people : the scalar politics of the Asian American Movement

Activism ; Antiracism struggle ; Asians ; California ; Community ; Enquiry ; Neighbourhood ; Redevelopment ; San Francisco ; Social movement ; United States of America ; Urban renewal ; Urban society
The case of a mobilization against urban renewal in San Francisco's Japantown is used to examine the scalar politics of that movement between the late 1960s and early 1980s. It is born on West Coast campuses as part of multiracial struggles
to establish ethnic studies departments and create community-oriented higher education. It draws its inflences from the antiwar movement, Third World decolonization struggles, the women's movement, and the Black Power Movement.

Class, gender and race struggles in a Portuguese neighbourhood in London

Class, gender and race struggles in a Portuguese neighbourhood in London
England ; Housing ; Immigrants ; London ; Social conflict ; Social control ; Social reproduction ; United Kingdom ; Urban district ; Urban society ; Woman

Struggling with the creative class

Struggling with the creative class
Capitalism ; Elite ; Innovation ; Neo liberalism ; Social class ; Urban development ; Urban geography

Urban struggles: a critical commentary on the article by Della Seta

Urban struggles: a critical commentary on the article by Della Seta

The uneven struggle for bluefields : waterfront transformation in post-socialist Bratislava

The uneven struggle for bluefields : waterfront transformation in post-socialist Bratislava
Bratislava ; Decision making process ; Illegality ; Planning ; Post-communism ; Privatisation ; Slovak Republic ; Urban area ; Urban change ; Waterfront
struggle among potential users. The transformation of the second chosen area, Jarovce river branch, demonstrates a power invasion in the area and the illegal privatisation of public areas by better off people. - (AM)

Labor, capital and class struggle around the built environment in advanced capitalist societies in Urbanization and conflict in market societies.

Labor, capital and class struggle around the built environment in advanced capitalist societies in Urbanization and conflict in market societies.
The A. seeks to establish a theoretical framework for understanding a facet of class struggle under advanced capitalism. The conflicts which will be scrutinized are those which relate to the production and use of the built environment. The A. argues

Infrastructure policy in the Randstad Holland: struggle between accessibility and sustainability

Infrastructure policy in the Randstad Holland: struggle between accessibility and sustainability
Special issue dedicaced to the memory of Jean Gottmann. Governing urban regional networks in Europe

Women resisting (in) the city: struggles, gender, class and space in Athens

Women resisting (in) the city: struggles, gender, class and space in Athens
Athens ; Daily life ; Division of labour ; Greece ; Isolation ; Suburbs ; Urban practice ; Woman

The rhetoric and reality of urban policy in the neoliberal city : implications for social struggle in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati

The rhetoric and reality of urban policy in the neoliberal city : implications for social struggle in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati
Housing market ; Neo liberalism ; Ohio ; Social exclusion ; United States of America ; Urban policy ; Urban society ; Urban structure ; Urbanization

Identifying class struggle outside commodity production

Identifying class struggle outside commodity production
How to identify class struggle in conflicts outside commodity production in advanced capitalism. After a brief introduction it is shown why it is important to delimit class struggle theoretically and empirically. The recent recognition
that struggles outside the capitalist workplace can be class struggles is documented. Criteria to identify class struggles in empirical practice are presented. Three recent conflicts in inner-city Montreal are assessed using the criteria proposed. In each
conflict a local community and a working class confronts the state over the form of state-funded housing or health care. In conclusion, problems which remain in the conceptual formulation of class struggle in community conflicts are described.

How the West End was won: the struggle to remove street barriers in Victorian London

How the West End was won: the struggle to remove street barriers in Victorian London
England ; Historical geography ; Lobby ; London ; Nineteenth Century ; Social space ; Street ; United Kingdom ; Urban district ; Urban settlement ; Urban structure ; Urban transport

Law, legal struggles and urban regeneration : rethinking the relationships

Law, legal struggles and urban regeneration : rethinking the relationships
Land ; Legislation ; Real estate property ; Social exclusion ; Social justice ; United Kingdom ; Urban geography ; Urban renewal

Neighborhood associations in Venezuela: los vecinos voice their dissent

Association ; Caracas ; Democracy ; Local authority ; Local government ; Participation ; Social movement ; Urban district ; Urban society ; Venezuela
Discussion of the activities in recent years of neighborhood associations as a significant development in Venezuelan democracy. It is at this level that the struggle against an entrenched centralist and paternalist tradition is most effective

Power, nature, and the city. The conquest of water and the political ecology of urbanization in Guayaquil, Ecuador: 1880-1990

Power, nature, and the city. The conquest of water and the political ecology of urbanization in Guayaquil, Ecuador: 1880-1990
Collective facilities ; Ecuador ; Guayaquil ; Historical geography ; Marketing channel ; Sanitation improvement ; Urbanization ; Viability ; Water ; Water management
The A. attempts to reconstruct the urbanization process as a political and an ecological process. In Guayaquil, water becomes subject to an intense social struggle for control and access. The A. documents and analyzes the historical geography
of water control in the context of the political ecology of the urbanization. The urbanization process is written from the perspective of the drive to domesticate nature's water and the necessity to push the ecological frontier outward as the city expands.

Multipolarity and the layering of functions in world cities: New York City's struggle to stay on top

Multipolarity and the layering of functions in world cities: New York City's struggle to stay on top
Centrality ; Competition ; Economic power ; New York City ; Producer services ; Quaternary sector ; Specialization ; United States ; Urban function ; Urban hierarchy ; Urban system

Conflicts and struggles over urban water cycles : the case of Barcelona 1880-2004

Conflicts and struggles over urban water cycles : the case of Barcelona 1880-2004
Barcelona ; Catalonia ; Conflict ; Demand ; Spain ; Town ; Urban administration ; Water ; Water management ; Water supply

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