THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: One of Lefebvre's great contributions to cities and urban discourse was his theorization of the right to the city.
For a contemporary, collaborative declaration of what such a right to the city entails, see Habitat International Coalition's explanations and the various documents that they have facilitated in developing, including the European Charter for Human Rights in the City and Women's Right to the City.
Unesco conference program on the Right to the City 2005.
Compare these views to that of Hayek, who would seem to argue against any such claim of a right to the city.
Readings:
David Harvey (2003) The right to the city
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 27 (4) , 939–941 (abstract)
Mark Purcell, “Excavating Lefebvre: The right to the city and its urban politics of the inhabitant,” GeoJournal Volume 58, Numbers 2-3 / October, 2002, 99-108 (abstract)
Haim Yacobi, "Celebrating the Everyday: Jerusalem 2050" argues for a right to the city for all inhabitants of Jerusalem. Part of MIT Project Jerusalem 2050.
On the right to the city in Brazil, see Austin Zeiderman's article, "The Fetish and the Favela: Notes On Tourism and the Commodification of Place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil," 2006. http://austin.zeiderman.googlepages.com/FetishandtheFavelaZeiderman4-14-06.pdf
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