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Title Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe / edited by Ali Madanipour, Sabine Knierbein, Aglaee Degros
Published New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 217 pages) : illustrations
Contents pt. 1. Strategies, plans, and policies -- pt. 2. Multiple roles of public space -- pt. 3. Everyday life and sharing the city
Summary European cities are changing rapidly in part due to the process of de-industrialization, European integration and economic globalization. Within those cities public spaces are the meeting place of politics and culture, social and individual territories, instrumental and expressive concerns. Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe investigates how European city authorities understand and deal with their public spaces, how this interacts with market forces, social norms and cultural expectations, whether and how this relates to the needs and experiences of t
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-210) and index
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Subject Public spaces -- Europe
Urban policy -- Europe
Sociology, Urban -- Europe
City planning -- Europe
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
City planning
Public spaces
Sociology, Urban
Urban policy
Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Madanipour, Ali, editor, author
Knierbein, Sabine, 1977- editor, author.
Degros, AglaƩe, 1972- editor, author.
ISBN 9781134738243
1134738242
9781315880495
1315880490