Thursday, March 27, 2008

Rights to the city by David Harvey

Right to the city means the right to change the city, to make the city after our heart desire. We have human rights, individual rights, and collective rights. The right of the city is the collective right. City is the most complete way of reshaping the world after our heart desire. In this present world of complexity, the question is what kind of social order do we want?, what kind of people do we want to be?, and what kind of urban personality now exists? Capitalism is framing our world, our urbanisation. an example is the case of dharavi, a land that worths billions of dollars. In the face of capitalism, the challenge for the government now is how do we get people of the land. However, if capitalism is framing our urbanisation, then i think collective rights to the city will be lost.

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