Sensing cities: regenerating public life in Barcelona and Manchester

This work identifies an important aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late 20th century by highlighting the significance of the senses in the constitution of urban life.

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1. Verfasser: Degen, Mónica Montserrat (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London [u.a.] Routledge 2008
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in human geography 24
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Zusammenfassung:This work identifies an important aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late 20th century by highlighting the significance of the senses in the constitution of urban life.
Beschreibung:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-219) and index
Introduction : sensing cities -- Urban redevelopment, the senses and public life -- Researching the senses -- Overview of the book -- Public life in late modernity -- Space as social process -- Sensing publicness -- A new urban aesthetic -- Commercial privatization and fortification of urban space -- Sensing the city -- Towards a 'socially embedded aesthetics' -- The city of senses -- Place gestures -- Methodological discussion : rhythmanalysis -- Sensuous powers -- Flows of power -- Control through pleasure -- Domination and resistance -- Sensuous planning ideologies -- Castlefield and El Raval -- A sensuous history -- Castlefield : from industrial revolution to inner city cool -- El Raval : from 'Barrio Chino' to cultural quarter -- Planning regeneration -- The spatialization of regeneration -- Formalizing public life in Castlefield -- Diluting public life in El Raval -- Perceptions from 'down below' -- Castlefield : exclusive public spaces -- El Raval: invisible public spaces -- Castlefield: promoting selective histories -- El Raval : disrupting social life -- Living in regenerated worlds -- Rhythms of everyday life -- Sensuous mappings -- Castlefield's 'taste wars' -- El Raval's 'place wars' -- Conclusion : regenerating public life? -- Bibliography
Beschreibung:XII, 225 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:0415397995
9780415397995

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