Sendra, P; (2023) Grassroots Spaces Make London Exciting: The Relationship Between the Civitas and the Urbs. In: Urbicide. (pp. 779-792). Springer: Cham, Switzerland.

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This chapter explores the contradictory nature of London’s processes of urban regeneration and proposes alternative approaches that can nurture the emergence of social infrastructure. While London has become a world-famous city because of its cultural spaces and social infrastructure—many of which have emerged from the grassroots—many of these spaces are at risk of disappearing due to the neoliberal and financialised logic of urban planning and development. Using Klinenberg’s (Palaces for the people. Penguin, London, 2018) social infrastructure framework, and through a multiple case study approach, the chapter explores alternative approaches. First, it explores the support that public institutions need to give to these spaces, which imply a radical change in the planning system that departs from prioritising financial viability. Second, based on Sennett’s (Building and Dwelling. Allen Lane, 2018) framework of the civitas and the urbs, it proposes an approach for planners for better understanding the relationship between people and place, as well as the networks of solidarity and care linked to spaces. Third, it proposes re-assembling this relationship between the civitas and the urbs in a way that creates conditions for the emergence of social infrastructure.

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