Rites of way : the politics and poetics of public space /

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There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kingwell, Mark, 1963- (Editor ), Turmel, Patrick, 1976- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2009]
©2009
Colección:Canadian commentaries.
Temas:
Public spaces.
Public spaces > Political aspects.
Public spaces > Social aspects.
Espaces publics.
Espaces publics > Aspect politique.
Espaces publics > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Geography.
Public spaces
Public spaces > Political aspects
Public spaces > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:There are many ways to approach the subject of public space: the threats posed to it by surveillance and visual pollution; the joys it offers of stimulation and excitement, of anonymity and transformation; its importance to urban variety or democratic politics. But public space remains an evanescent and multidimensional concept that too often escapes scrutiny. The essays in Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Public Space open up multiple dimensions of the concept from architectural, political, philosophical, and technological points of view. There is some historical analysis here, bu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1554581672
9781554581672

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