David Harvey: Right to the City

david harvey - capitolism and urbanisation

In changing the world, we change ourselves.

capitolism: pruduct/surplus; competition; growth - urbanisation is key

social/economical/ideological repression to solve problems of employment (eg USA post WW2)
- Suburbanization: lifestyle, spatial, political, capitol

financial probs - capitolism and suburbanization: 1973 property market crisis - NY bankrupt
building boom - stabilize global capitolism
lending: global financial institutions 30% Chinese Central Bank - risk

1st and 2nd waves of investment don't pay off, debt grows - who loses? gap between higher and lower class grows
eg Mumbai: Bandra's impact on $2bn site of Dharavi slums

what kind of world do we want to create? is there control? markets are uncontrolled number machine. urbanisation: uncontrollable aspect - growth and capitolism
social inequality. 2008 mortgage property financial crisis: poor land value decreases, rich land increases

COLLECTIVE RIGHT TO THE CITY

"revolution must be urban" (Lefebvre)

capitolism: rhizomatic and horizontal; economy - local

get to heart of capitol surplus usage to deal with urbanization. unite anti-gentrifation movements - urban revolution

past-present-future:
feudalism - capitolism - next technology of capitolism?
= biotechnology and genetics...?