City, Urban Transformation and the Right to the City

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https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n1-1

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Urban Transformation, The Right to the City, Neoliberal Urbanization, Urban Rights

Abstract

 This article investigates the relationship between the transformation of cities and the right to the city. To be able to do this, the problems that are created by contemporary urbanization such as social exclusion, poverty and environmental degradation are discussed in the first part. After that, with a special focus on the period starting with the industrial revolution up until today, the article explains economic and political motivations behind the urban transformation. This part emphasizes how urban change under different forms of capitalism creates and deepens social inequalities in cities. The final part of this article will be a discussion on the right to the city, and its relation to these urban issues.

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2020-06-01

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Zeybekoglu Sadri, S. (2020). City, Urban Transformation and the Right to the City. Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs, 4(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.25034/ijcua.2020.v4n1-1