ISBN:
0415397995
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9780415397995
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 225 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in human geography 24
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in human geography
DDC:
307.760946/72
Keywords:
Urban renewal
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Sociology, Urban
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Urban renewal
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Sociology, Urban
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Barcelona
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Manchester
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Stadtsoziologie
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Stadtsanierung
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Urban renewal Spain
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Barcelona
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Sociology, Urban Spain
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Barcelona
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Urban renewal England
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Manchester
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Sociology, Urban England
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Manchester
;
Barcelona
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Stadtsanierung
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Manchester
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Geschichte 1900-2008
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction : sensing citiesUrban 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.
Description / Table of Contents:
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 privatisation 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 -- Formalising 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
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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***Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke.***Unchanged reprints that were published later are included here.***
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