Theory
The Right to the City
Explore in the Atlas →A radical call for citizens to reclaim collective control over the production and use of urban space.
Collectivity
Details
- Introduced
- 1960s
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Reason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- The Right to the City articulates
- Henri Lefebvre proposed
- Urban Informality (the informal city) relates to
Sources
- Henri Lefebvre. Le droit à la ville (The Right to the City). Anthropos, 1968.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "The Right to the City." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/right-to-the-city/. Accessed July 17, 2026.