Suburbanization restructured space to make car and oil consumption a necessity

Evidence

David Harvey argues that this trend must be seen as part of the emergence of what he calls ‘demand-side urbanization’, the rise of the ‘Keynesian city’, ‘a consumption artefact’ whose ‘social, economic, and political life [was] organized around the theme of state-backed, debt-financed consumption’. Thus suburbanization ‘meant the mobilization of effective demand through the total restruc­ turing of space as to make the consumption of the products of auto, oil, rubber, and construction industries a necessity rather than a luxury’. — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism, 577

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Harvey’s ‘demand-side urbanization’ and ‘Keynesian city’ concepts.
• XREF: Connects to Harvey’s work on the urbanization of capital and Fordist spatial fixes. — connects to: Technological change converted necessary urban walking into private transit cocooning — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 395; Areal expansion made wholesale spatial segregation of persons and activities possible; Suburban environmental concern, not just affluence or wilderness, fueled environmentalism — Adam Rome, The Bulldozer in the Countryside:…, 43 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Technological change converted necessary urban walking into private transit cocooning #corroborates (0.90) — Lyn H. Lofland, World of Strangers_ Order and Action in…, 395
• Areal expansion made wholesale spatial segregation of persons and activities possible #expands (0.85)