The Help-Yourself City

Legitimacy and Inequality in DIY Urbanism

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Urban, Anthropology
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Author: Gordon C.C. Douglas ISBN: 9780190691363
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: January 2, 2018
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Gordon C.C. Douglas
ISBN: 9780190691363
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: January 2, 2018
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

When local governments neglect public services or community priorities, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at people who take urban planning into their own hands with homemade signs and benches, guerrilla bike lanes and more. Douglas explores the frustration, creativity, and technical expertise behind these interventions, but also the position of privilege from which they often come. Presenting a needed analysis of this growing trend from vacant lots to city planning offices, The Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's relationships to their urban surroundings and the individualization of democratic responsibility.

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When local governments neglect public services or community priorities, how do concerned citizens respond? In The Help-Yourself City, Gordon Douglas looks closely at people who take urban planning into their own hands with homemade signs and benches, guerrilla bike lanes and more. Douglas explores the frustration, creativity, and technical expertise behind these interventions, but also the position of privilege from which they often come. Presenting a needed analysis of this growing trend from vacant lots to city planning offices, The Help-Yourself City tells a street-level story of people's relationships to their urban surroundings and the individualization of democratic responsibility.

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