Impact Of Urban Policies Research Articles

Changing the forms of participation of a citizen in the development of cities with the implementation of the concept of Smart City

In the scientific community, the discussion of the impact of the concept of smart cities (Smart City) on the system of relations between city authorities and the population has two extreme positions. One views smart citizens in terms of the object of management or the impact of urban policy, while others are aware of the impact of neoliberal approaches and the consequences of the introduction of technologies that reduce the distance between the city and the city dweller in the management system. This article examines the evolution of changes in the concept of "citizen" in the context of the implementation of the concept of Smart City. It is proposed to consider the differences between several forms of possible participation of the "citizen" in the life and management of the city's development. The universal nature of the ongoing changes in relations at the level of the city-city dweller in the implementation of socially oriented Smart City projects is emphasized. Based on the example of Kazakhstani cities, the authors considered the formation of a new social phenomenon, the "composite citizen", which means a new quality of citizens' participation in the formation and management of urban development policies.

Making Black Communities Matter: Race, Space, and Resistance in the Urban South

This article examines the intersection of race, space, and resistance as we revisit the legacies and contemporary implications of urban development policies in historically Black communities. With the understanding that spatial matters are Black matters (and Black matters are spatial matters), we argue that exploring this intersection allows us to raise questions about the differential impact of urban policies on Black communities. Against the historical backdrop of devastation and loss caused by urban renewal and highway construction in the mid-20th century, activists and residents fight current proposals for a highway expansion project originally called TBX. While we examine the proposed project and its implications for the entire city, we are particularly focused on responses to this project by communities we have studied for many years. Drawing on ethnographic research in two historically Black communities, we discuss the work of two Black women leaders, whose struggles for spatial justice are informe...

“This neighbourhood deserves an espresso bar too”: Neoliberalism, Racialization, and Urban Policy

In the Dutch and more broadly European context, urban policymaking has generally been studied through the conceptual lens of neoliberalism. While important, I argue that this neoliberal lens does not fully account for the design and impact of urban policies currently transforming cities like Amsterdam. Following Mustafa Dikeç's (2007, Badlands of the Republic: Space, Politics, and Urban Policy) understanding of urban policy as place-making practices that normalize particular distributions of people, authorities and spaces, I propose to focus on underlying visions of the normal and the good city that shape urban policymaking. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic research on Amsterdam's “notorious” Diamantbuurt, I argue that this vision is informed by neoliberalism and by racialized concerns with migrants and ethnic minorities. It entails particular classed and racialized preferences that normalize and underwrite the partial displacement that is underway in the neighbourhood.

Water and power in Santiago de Chile: Socio-spatial segregation through network integration

The analysis of the history of the management and distribution of electricity, water and sanitation networks in Santiago de Chile throws light on a problem which is central to thinking on the relationship between urban services management and territorial splintering: what is the impact of urban policy, in particular housing policy and urban planning, on access to services and on the potential levels of social segregation and institutional splintering of metropolises? The Chilean example is eminently anchored in its political and institutional history. We shall see, for example, that the authoritarian urban policy of the military government, associated with early liberal reform, enabled the improvement of access to networks in every municipality of the Greater Santiago area. However, this success, leading to the integration by urban services of a large territory, does not signify that networks remained neutral as regards the process of spatial segregation. Inversely, we can defend the theory that the presence of an integrated service was a necessary condition and a reinforcing factor of the process of urban spread and residential segregation. This paradoxical argument is a result of the ambivalent liberal network and urban policies of the military government. Urban expansion was largely sustained by the development of integrated infrastructures and universal services. The processes of liberalising land and urban services were mutually sustaining and provided the necessary conditions for the birth of an extremely intense movement of urban sprawl and segregation between 1985 and 2000.

Renewal, regeneration and ‘race’: Issues in urban policy

Abstract This article examines the impact of urban policy on Britain's inner city areas, and specifically on the various communities living within them. It is suggested that policies need to address the issue of ‘racial’ inequality directly, rather than relying on trickle‐down effects from conventional economic regeneration models. Problems with current urban renewal service delivery policies are highlighted, and proposals are put forward for models of ‘good practice’.

International Research Workshop: Land value changes and the impact of urban policy upon land valorization processes in developing countries, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, July 1991

International Research Workshop: Land value changes and the impact of urban policy upon land valorization processes in developing countries, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, July 1991