Millennial Metropolis: Space, Place and Territory in the Remaking of London
- New York Routledge 2022
- 270p.
1. Urban Change and the Reproduction of Space: London as field of study p.1, 2. The Governance of Space in London: From political economy to neo-liberalism p.18, 3. Money Metropolis: Financialisation, spaces of capital, and the property machine p.40, 4. Global Capital and Urban Megaprojects: The appropriation of place-identity and social memory p.63, 5. Culture and the Remaking of Place and Territory: Space, local regeneration and the instrumental use of culture p.92, 6. The Convivial City: Spaces of spectacle, encounter and experience p.119, 7. Spaces of Innovation: The ‘Tech City’ trope and place branding in London p.142, 8. New gentrifiers and Emblematic Territories: Hypergentrification, displacement in situ and territorial dislocation p.169, 9. Inscriptions of Postcolonialism and Social History: Class signifiers, persistent localism and vernacular spaces in London p.195, 10. Brexit London: The liberal city in a neo-liberal state p.218