从《纽约市的空间管制》窥探城市空间管制之历程

The Course of Urban Regulation from the Spatial Regulation in New York City

克罗诺普洛斯的《纽约市的空间管制》一书是第一次较为系统地探讨了战后纽约市在应对物理环境和社会混乱时所采取的措施与政策。一方面,该书阐述了贫民窟、犯罪、涂鸦创作等城市混乱的涌现;另一方面,它分析了不同政府对城市混乱采取的解决方案,并揭示了其所产生的效果和影响。围绕城市混乱的具体实例进行研究和分析,从而窥探出纽约市空间管制的前因后果,以及其如何从破败的边缘重返全球经济主导地位之历程。由此得出,从城市更新到零容忍的空间管制为当代空间政治和城市治理决策提供了强有力的基础。

In terms of the Spatial Regulation in New York City written by Themis Chronopoulos,this book is the first monograph to systematically discuss the measures and policies for Post-war New York city dealing with the physical and social disorder.On one hand,it illustrates the existence of urban disorder such as slum,crime,and graffiti;on the other hand,it observes the different solutions taken by different governments,revealing the results and influences after implementation plans.Focusing on specific cases of urban disorder,it probes the cause and effect of urban regulation,and how the city returns to global economic dominance from the brink of bankruptcy.Thus,it can be concluded that spatial regulation offers a very rich grounding of contemporary spatial politics and urban governance policy.