Abstract
A wide variety of economic, social, political and moral explanations have been given for why the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s occurred. Yet many of the tensions provoked by the uptick in foreclosure proceedings, their resolution during the foreclosure recovery process, and the insight they provide into the function of American space remain unexplored. This article uses Lefebvre’s <em>The Production of Space</em> as a framework to explore the spatial and ecological contradictions of suburban development in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona, USA, and the ways those contradictions were drawn into relief by the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s. Analysis through this Lefebvrian lens uncovers symbolic meanings assigned to urban ecologies and their ruliness as a means of drawing legal devices such as nuisance laws and housing codes into a more-than-human frenzy. This article follows a growing tradition of scholarship that employs Lefebvrian insights to identify and explicate urban planning dilemmas.
Highlights
This article examines the urbanization and foreclosure experiences of Maricopa County, Arizona (USA) through the dialectical framework of Henri Lefebvre’s (1991) difficult but highly-influential 1974 work The Production of Space
The aim of this article is to understand the unfurling of the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s in the context of a growing, arid urban region through three essential contradictions of the production of space
Urban Planning, 2018, Volume 3, Issue 3, Pages 16–25 ning before discussing how each of the contradictions became profoundly visible during Maricopa County’s experience with the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s both through the actions initiated by foreclosure rates and their relationships to urban ecology
Summary
This article examines the urbanization and foreclosure experiences of Maricopa County, Arizona (USA) through the dialectical framework of Henri Lefebvre’s (1991) difficult but highly-influential 1974 work The Production of Space. The aim of this article is to understand the unfurling of the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s in the context of a growing, arid urban region through three essential contradictions of the production of space. These contradictions are: absolute/abstract space, use/exchange value, and appropriation/domination. The maturation of the foreclosure recovery allows for deeper engagement with the production of space as a result of creative tensions among three key contradictions
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