From Fordist to neo-liberal urban spaces in times of de-industrialization: a conceptual frame for a complex relationship. (14th May 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Neumann, Arndt
• Editors: Arnold, Jörg; Becker, Tobias; Saumarez-Smith, Otto
• Is Part Of: Urban history. Volume 47:Part 2(2020)
• Page Start: 220
• Page End: 235
• Publication Date: 2020-05-14
• Subjects: Cities and towns -- History -- Periodicals; Cities and towns -- History -- Bibliography -- Periodicals; 909.09732
• DOI: 10.1017/S0963926819000233
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0963-9268

Abstract

Abstract: How did the complex relationship between working worlds and urban spaces change in Hamburg in times of de-industrialization? To answer this question, I focus on Hamburg's history from 1960 to 2008. Starting from the idea of a cumulative structural break, I develop a typology of Fordist and neo-liberal urban spaces and distinguish seven dimensions of change: from international division of labour to globalization, from industrial production to creativity, from rationalization to digitalization, from centralization to networks, from functional zoning to blurred boundaries, from social security to precarity and from suburbanization to the renaissance of the inner city. Finally, I consider whether this typology is valid for other European cities.