Knowra Right to the City Right to the City The right to the city is a political and social claim that urban inhabitants should shape urban life and share access to city resources and public spaces.
Henri Lefebvre : French philosopher and sociologist whose work examined everyday life, space, and urbanization. He coined the modern formulation of the right to the city in 1968.
The Right to the City (book) : Henri Lefebvre’s 1968 book arguing for inhabitants’ power to reshape urban life. This work gave the concept its influential modern formulation.
Gentrification : A process in which investment and higher-income residents transform a lower-income urban area, often displacing existing residents. It exposes how urban change can exclude inhabitants from the places they shaped.
Urban Entrepreneurialism : A style of city governance that pursues economic growth through competition, partnerships, and place promotion. It prioritizes investment and competitiveness over inhabitants’ collective control.
World Charter for the Right to the City : A civil-society charter that sets out principles for democratic, inclusive, and equitable cities. It translates the broad claim into a shared program of rights and urban governance.
Production of Space : Henri Lefebvre’s account of how social relations produce and organize space. It explains why urban space is political rather than a neutral backdrop.
May 1968 in France : A period of mass protests and strikes in France during May and June 1968. Lefebvre developed the concept amid a wider challenge to established authority.
Housing Rights : Legal and political claims to secure, adequate, and affordable housing. Secure housing is a material condition for remaining part of city life.
Neoliberalism : A political-economic approach emphasizing markets, private enterprise, and reduced public provision. Its market-oriented urban policies often conflict with rights-based claims to shared resources.
Social Production of Habitat : Community-led processes through which people produce and improve housing and urban environments. It shows inhabitants creating urban conditions rather than waiting for market provision.
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