Why passion for the city has been lost

Article Abstract:

Passionate public debates over the city in the 1960s has given way to indifference due to various factors. The debates over the ills of urbanization had initially received support from the media, the intellectual community and the polity. Later the interest in urban problems failed to cause emotional concern as a large part of the middle class shifted to the suburban areas. The political commitment to urban policy correspondingly lessened, and the mass media refused to consider the urban crisis newsworthy. Finally, academics have also failed to connect the city to public concerns.

Social aspects, Research, Debates and debating, Debates, Policy sciences

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Privatization: infrastructure on the urban edge

Article Abstract:

Public-private undertakings became an important part of the state policy toward management in Rouse Hill, Sydney, Australia. Two state-sponsored bodies functioned as providers of managerial services. Given varying resources, the developers usually won their objectives, while social and poorly financed social service groups failed to achieve their goals.

Management, Privatization, Privatization (Business), urbanization

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Break dancing on Santa Monica Boulevard

Article Abstract:

M. Dear and S. Flusty's conception of 'postmodern urbanism' is discussed in terms of their citation of radical disjunctures in urban theory. Topics include the break with modernism and the Chicago School, neologisms and the break with language, Los Angeles as a postmodern city, and continuities with modernism.

Models, Los Angeles, California, Cities and towns, Postmodernism

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