Abstract
Conceptualizations and re-conceptualizations of scale have been powerful tools for explaining spatial processes that transcend traditionally-bounded territories. Examining the role of individuals within a politics of scale can do even more to explain multi-scalar conflicts. This paper does so by examining struggles over airport expansion in the US, showing how an understanding of the various roles of individuals in the politics of scale - as sites of multiple scales, as actors constituting other scales, and as scales in and of themselves - better explains multi-scalar conflicts and offers more opportunities for resolving them.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 196-203 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Area |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Activism
- Air transportation
- Airports
- Politics of scale
- Qualitative methods
- United States
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development