Public Space: Between Reimagination and Occupation

Author:   Svetlana Hristova ,  Mariusz Czepczyński
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781472453648


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   12 September 2017
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Author:   Svetlana Hristova ,  Mariusz Czepczyński
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781472453648


ISBN 10:   1472453646
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   12 September 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction Svetlana Hristova and Mariusz Czepczyński Part I. Concepts and Discourses: The Resilient Public Space 01. Re-Imagining Civil Society: Conflict and Control in the City’s Public Spaces Sharon Zukin 02. Public Space in a Global World: After the Spectacle Svetlana Hristova 03. Seeing the Local in Global Cities Jerome Krase Part II. Contestations and Rights: Public and Civic 04. Civic Landscapes of Post-Socialist Cities: Urban Movements and the Recover of Public Spaces Mariusz Czepczyński 05. Public Space, Memory and Protest during Post-Socialist Transformation: The Emergence of University Square (Piaţa Universităţii), Bucharest as a space of protest Craig Young, Duncan Light and Daniela Dumbrăveanu 06. Social Characteristic of Squares as Urban Spaces, Ulus and Kizilay Squares in Ankara Nuray Bayraktar 07. Order and Heterotopia in an Urban Space: The Case of a Spanish Square Francisco Adolfo García Jerez 08. Contested Public Spaces and the Right to the City: The Case of Cairo's Historic Bazaar Wael Salah Fahmi Part III. Management and Governance: Transformation and Control 09. The Meaning of Public Space in the Context of Space-Time Behaviour in the ‘Network City’: From Socialist to Sociable Public Space Anastasia Moiseeva, Remon Rooij and Harry Timmermans 10. The Restructuring of Urban Public Space in the ‘Baltic Pearl’ Megan Dixon 11. Public Green Space in Vienna between Utopia and Political Strategy Philipp Rode and Eva Schwab 12. The normative construction of a (public) urban space through the use of policy instruments: some reflections from northern Italy Michela Semprebon 13. Negotiating Public Space in a Shopping Mall Pavel Pospěch Conclusions: Rediscovering Public Space Globally Svetlana Hristova and Mariusz Czepczyński Note on Contributors Index

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Svetlana Hristova is an urban sociologist, researcher, lecturer and associate professor at the Faculty of Arts of the South-West University in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. In 2009 she initiated the working group Urban Management and Cultural Policies of the City at ENCATC, which evolved into a thematic area with the same name. She is the author and editor of numerous publications on urban cultures, public spaces and sustainable development, such as Culture and Sustainability in European Cities: Imagining Europolis (2015). Mariusz Czepczyński is a cultural geographer, and a professor at the Department of Spatial Management, University of Gdańsk, Poland. He is also active in applicative consultancy and advisory work, recently for the mayor of Gdańsk, the Polish Metropolitan Union, the City Hall of Lodz, DS Consulting and PwC. His research has focused on cultural landscapes, post-socialist cities, heritage and urban transformations, and the results have been published in several papers and books, including Cultural Landscapes of Post-Socialist Cities: Representation of Powers and Needs (2008).

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