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Dead Grass: Foreclosure and the Production of Space in Maricopa County, Arizona

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  • Bethany B. Cutts

    (Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, North Carolina State University, USA / Center for Geospatial Analytics, North Carolina State University)

  • Michael Minn

    (Department of History, Politics, and Geography, Farmingdale State College, State University of New York, USA)

Abstract

A wide variety of economic, social, political and moral explanations have been given for why the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s occurred. Yet many of the tensions provoked by the uptick in foreclosure proceedings, their resolution during the foreclosure recovery process, and the insight they provide into the function of American space remain unexplored. This article uses Lefebvre’s The Production of Space as a framework to explore the spatial and ecological contradictions of suburban development in Maricopa County (Phoenix), Arizona, USA, and the ways those contradictions were drawn into relief by the foreclosure crisis of the late 2000s. Analysis through this Lefebvrian lens uncovers symbolic meanings assigned to urban ecologies and their ruliness as a means of drawing legal devices such as nuisance laws and housing codes into a more-than-human frenzy. This article follows a growing tradition of scholarship that employs Lefebvrian insights to identify and explicate urban planning dilemmas.

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  • Bethany B. Cutts & Michael Minn, 2018. "Dead Grass: Foreclosure and the Production of Space in Maricopa County, Arizona," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 3(3), pages 16-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:urbpla:v3:y:2018:i:3:p:16-25
    DOI: 10.17645/up.v3i3.1352
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