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BRITISH LAND USE PLANNING ‐A RADICAL CRITIQUE
Author(s) -
Ambrose Peter
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
antipode
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.177
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1467-8330
pISSN - 0066-4812
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8330.1976.tb00683.x
Subject(s) - redevelopment , value (mathematics) , process (computing) , urban planning , space (punctuation) , surplus value , production (economics) , state (computer science) , urban regeneration , environmental planning , business , operations management , natural resource economics , economics , civil engineering , political science , geography , engineering , computer science , law , microeconomics , politics , algorithm , machine learning , capitalism , operating system
Urban redevelopment plays the part of a secondary process parallel to that of industrial production. It is a compensating process: when the surplus value created by industry sinks to a low level, surplus value created by construction and speculative development rises instead. Urban planning masks this relationship and in so doing prevents not only a clear understanding of urban phenomena, but also the proper use of the city itself. This is why planning must be subjected to a radical critique which in the end will refute the state, its strategies and its misuse of urban space.