The Right to the City: An Emancipating Concept?

Matthias Lecoq & translated by Oliver Waine — 2020-07-03T05:00:00Z

The radical approach formulated by Henri Lefebvre in 1968 criticized the failure to include inhabitants in the production of urban spaces. While the “right to the city” is today widely known and shared concept, Matthias Lecoq looks back on the evolution of this idea and questions its emancipatory potential.
Fifty years after it was defined by Henri Lefebvre (1968), the right to the city remains more relevant than ever. It is nevertheless necessary to update his understanding of the city,

- Essays / Lefebvre, right to the city, urban planning, inhabitant

Right(s) to the City in Hanoi

Divya Leducq & translated by Oliver Waine — 2019-10-11T05:00:00Z

Over the past decade, urban change has accelerated and transformed the physical, social and symbolic landscapes of Hanoi. Taking as her starting point a survey in the Vietnamese capital, Divya Leducq identifies three key means in which residents express their right to the city which, in a context of multiple aspirations, reflect a shared desire for high-quality urban planning.
In recent years, urban transformation processes advocated by proponents of “top-down” planning built around

- From the Field / Hanoi, Vietnam, right to the city, inhabitant, civil society, urbanization, urban planning, urban development, social class, globalization, associations

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The Right to the City: An Emancipating Concept?

Right(s) to the City in Hanoi