Dead Grass: Foreclosure and the Production of Space in Maricopa County, Arizona
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Authors
Cutts, Bethany B.
Minn, Michael
Issue Date
2018-06-12
Type
Article
Language
en_US
Keywords
Arizona , Henri Lefebvre , Phoenix , Suburban Development , Foreclosure , The Production of Space , Urban Ecology ,
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Abstract
A wide variety of economic, social, political and moral explanations have been given for why the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s occurred. Yet many of the tensions provoked by the uptick in foreclosure proceedings, their resolution during the foreclosure recovery process, and the insight they provide into the function of American space remain unexplored. This article uses Lefebvre’s The Production of Space as a framework to explore the spatial and ecological contradictions of suburban development in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona, USA, and the ways those contradictions were drawn into relief by the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s. Analysis through this Lefebvrian lens uncovers symbolic meanings assigned to urban ecologies and their ruliness as a means of drawing legal devices such as nuisance laws and housing codes into a more-than-human frenzy. This article follows a growing tradition of scholarship that employs Lefebvrian insights to identify and explicate urban planning dilemmas.
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Publisher
Cogitatio
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2183-7635