Private Events in a Public Park: Contested Music Festivals and Environmental Justice in Finsbury Park, London
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Abstract City parks have long been understood as contested spaces. But creeping privatisation and commercialisation in an era of neoliberal austerity heightened tensions between different user groups, local communities park authorities. This chapter provides in-depth case study a green space global city. Finsbury Park London opened 1869 the people’s with aim improving living conditions for working classes. However, it is now highly commercialised park, regularly hosting private events which are justified by authority necessary to finance maintenance park. The focuses on dispute Friends group Haringey Borough Council over music festivals staged Park. challenged legality these UK courts they affect accessibility public space. Wireless—billed UK’s biggest most famous urban festival—is particularly controversial. expensive disruptive event, but one that celebrates youth cultures, suggesting may positive well negative effects accessibility. Based field work conducted from 2017 2020, analysis documents covering dispute, this assesses ways status highlights wider implications outlines socio-spatial impacts shift towards financed commercial income.
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عنوان ژورنال: Sustainable development goals series
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2523-3084', '2523-3092']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04636-0_5