Urban Analysis as Merchandising: The “LA School” and the Understanding of Metropolitan Development

This chapter contains section titled: The “LA School” as a Form of Logocentric Ideology The Ideological Objectification and Valorization of Physical Location Downplaying History Is Geography, and the LA School Geography in Particular, the Only Insightful Discipline Studying Contemporary Urbanism? What Can Be Learned from the Critique of “LA School” Hype? Understanding the New Spatial Form Characteristics of the Multi—centered Metropolitan Region A Typical Multi—centered Region Understanding the Sociospatial Forces of Multi—centered Development The Multi—centered Form and the Interventionist State The Role of Real Estate in the Production of the Multi—centered Metropolitan Region The Role of Space in the Production of the Multi—centered Region Multi—centeredness and Multiculturalism The Role of Culture/Symbols in the Production of the Built Environment Beyond LA Hype Bibliography.