Sense of place: Global cities I (CLARKE)

Question 1

Sassen (1991)

Two Developments in the global economy:

Answer 1

• Decentralisation of manufacturing activity

* Centralisation of management, control and planning activity

Question 2

Sassen (1991)

London and similar cities:

Answer 2

• become command points in the organisation of the world economy
• become socially polarised
• become spatially polarised

Question 3

Massey (1994)

The arrival of high-skilled and low-skilled migrants in global cities can invite a reactionary sense of place among existing residents.

A reactionary sense of place

Answer 3

Place as bounded, static, and internally coherent or pure.

Place as belonging to locals and under threat from global elites, low-skilled economic migrants, refugees etc.

Question 4

What are activity spaces (Massey 1995: 56)

Answer 4

The spatial network of links and activities, connections and locations, within which individuals operate

Question 5

Transnational urbanism (Smith 2001)

Answer 5

• Migrants produce urban spaces (e.g. Koreatown, LA)
• Los Angeles is not just a shoeshine economy (as depicted by the global cities literature)
• Cities are crossroads or meeting grounds for multiple networks

Question 6

References to use…

Answer 6

Sassen (1991)
Massey (1994)
Smith (2001)
Massey (1995)