Choi Byung-doo et al.: City of Hope

The urban crisis has been highlighted in many ways lately. The polarization of urban space, the financialization, housing, paper facetances and urban alienation are representative urban crises that threaten ordinary people living in cities. The most fundamental reason why this crisis has occurred is that cities have evolved according to the property of capital. The power of capital has driven development and improved living conditions, while it has left the city dwellers out. The profits that have resulted as cities are focused on economic and political power, and citizens who are the sole actors of cities are being pushed into urban areas because of higher housing and prices. The city of hope is a book that seeks the possibility of a new urban space in this situation. The book, which was a book of researchers in Seoul, discusses how experts in humanities, geography, urban planning and other areas are currently testing the causes of urban crisis and moving on to new cities. The story of Park Won-sun Seoul and David Harvey, a world geography writer, at the end of the book gives us the opportunity to prepare for the position of office administrators and theorists and allows us to create a picture of the city we need to pursue.

Korean title: 희망의 도시

Korean author: 최병두 외

Korean publisher: 한울아카데미

ISBN-13: 9788946059511