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MENTAL MODEL · M5044

Right to the City

Right to the City
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

The city is not merely a space for capital accumulation, but also a living space for residents. Residents have the right not only to use urban resources but also to participate in the shaping and transformation of the city. It opposes the complete reduction of the city to a place of consumption and spectacle.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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A call for spatial justice. In urban renewal or community redevelopment, this is a theoretical weapon against gentrification and capital exclusion. It emphasizes the subjectivity of 'people' over space, rather than the dominance of 'money' over space.

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Lefebvre proposed that the city is both a space for capital accumulation and a living space; residents have the right to enjoy and participate in shaping the city, resisting capital's transformation of it into a consumer spectacle. The core is 'spatial subjectivity'—people, not money, dominate space.

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