| Description |
xiii, 292 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The good city -- 2. Making Yonge-Dundas good -- 3. The secure city -- 4. The consumer city -- 5. The aesthetic city -- 6. The governable city -- 7. Making the good city -- 8. Yonge-Dundas made good? |
| Summary |
"What makes a good city? This question has long preoccupied groups interested and involved in the making and remaking of city spaces. In The Moral Economy of Cities, Evelyn Ruppert contends that the vision of the 'good city' embraced by professionals in the business of city building recognizes the interests of a dominant public - namely middle-class consumers, office workers, tourists, and families. This vision stigmatizes certain members of the public, such as street youth, panhandlers, and discount- and low-income shoppers, and the language used to extol the virtues of the good city inherently moralizes social conduct in the city." "Using the mid-1990s redevelopment of the Yonge-Dundas intersection in downtown Toronto as a case study, Ruppert examines the language of planners, urban designers, architects, and marketing analysts to reveal the extent to which moralization legitimizes these professions in the public eye and buttresses the very projects they produce. Ruppert's conclusion that economic practices are not free from moral investment encourages the considerable task of re-examining the implications of city planning and development worldwide. The Moral Economy of Cities is mandatory reading for urban studies scholars and practitioners, and their critics."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references: pages [265]-283 and index |
| Subject |
City planning -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies.
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City planning -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.
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Urban renewal -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Urban renewal -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Case studies.
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Urban renewal -- Ontario -- Toronto -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| LC no. |
2006276091 |
| ISBN |
0802038867 (alk. paper) |
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9780802038869 (alk. paper) |
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