I thought splintering urbanism was a new term when I first heard it. But then when I applied it to my own experience in cities I was surprised how embedded it was both in my life and in cities across the globe.
Do you use an EZpass when navigating the eastern corridor? How about self selecting for TSA clearance or global entry at airports? Do you live in a gated community?
In a nutshell it boils down to privilege and choice.
“Virtually all cities across the world are starting to display spaces and zones that are powerfully connected to other ‘valued’ spaces across the urban landscape as well as across national, international and even global distances. At the same time, though, there is often a palpable and increasing sense of local disconnection in shuck places from physically close, but socially and economically distant, places and people.” — Splintering Urbanism, Stephen Graham and Simon Marvin*
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