"Spatial scale has to be understood as something that is produced historically; a process that is always deeply heterogenous and contested. If the capacity to appropriate place is predicated upon controlling space, then the scale over which command lines extend will strongly influence the capacity to appropriate place."
Source
Swyngedouw, E. (2000). Authoritarian Governance, Power, and the Politics of Rescaling. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 18(1), 63–76. https://doi.org/10.1068/d9s
Erik Swyngedouw, "Swyngedouw.2000.Authoritarian governance, power, and the politics of rescaling", contributed by Duygu Kasdogan, Disaster STS Network, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 23 May 2020, accessed 30 November 2024. http://465538.bc062.asia/content/swyngedouw2000authoritarian-governance-power-and-politics-rescaling
Critical Commentary
"Spatial scale has to be understood as something that is produced historically; a process that is always deeply heterogenous and contested. If the capacity to appropriate place is predicated upon controlling space, then the scale over which command lines extend will strongly influence the capacity to appropriate place."