Ideology of the city & utopia of dwelling: the urban coexistence in paradox

Authors

  • Mathieu Perrin

Keywords:

ideology/utopia, dwelling/city, residential enclosure, segregation, democratization

Abstract

It is hereby proposed to use the concepts of ideology and utopia to explain the contemporary tensions that may exist between the scale of the city and that of dwelling. Such a reading leads to rethink the issue of balance of power and the manner it influences the morphology or even the segregating patterns within Western cities.

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Author Biography

Mathieu Perrin

He is Urban planner and Master in Town Planning, researcher at the Institut d’Urbanisme de Grenoble, France, he studies the influence of democratization of occidental societies over the relations between city and living, especially at the United States, Brazil, South Africa and France.

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Published

2011-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 05 (2011): V!05 Places of Living: Revisited

Section

Ágora