Inequality segmentation and alienation are inscribed in the physical landscapes of the city discuss in the
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"Inequality, Segmentation and alienation are inscribed in the physical and social landscapes of cities."(Robins)
Discuss in the light of theories of the city and relevant urban processes in the contemporary city.
"The city is a state of mind, a body of customs and traditions and of organised attitudes and sentiments that inhere in this tradition. The city is not, in other words, merely a physical mechanism and an artificial construction. It is involved in the vital processes of the people who compose it. It is a product of nature and particularly of human nature."(Park, Lib.uchicago.edu)
The city is a place of mass building, a place that consists of bricks and mortar. It is also a place of mass capitalism and mass population...