ISBN:
9781280118449
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (303 p.))
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Cities full of symbols
Keywords:
City planning Social aspects
;
Electronic books
;
Symbolism in architecture
;
Architecture and society
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Urban anthropology
;
City planning -- Social aspects
;
Architecture and society
;
City planning ; Social aspects
;
Symbolism in architecture
;
Urban anthropology
;
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Stadt
;
Raum
;
Kultur
;
Gesellschaft
;
Symbol
;
Ritual
Abstract:
Intro -- Cities full of Symbols : A Theory of Urban Space and Culture -- Contents -- 1. Introduction Variety of Symbols -- 2. Emotion in the Symbolic Spectrum of Colombo, Sri Lanka -- 3. Squares, Water and Historic Buildings The Transforming Power of City Marketing on Urban Symbolism in Ghent, Belgium -- 4. Urban Symbolism in Yogyakarta In Search of the Lost Symbol -- 5. The Changing Image of Gda´nsk, Poland From Regained Homeland to Multicultural City -- 6. Obelisk and Axis Urban Symbolism of Buenos Aires -- 7. A Touch of Tragedy Pre- and Post-Tsunami Symbolism in Banda Aceh, Indonesia -- 8. Imagining Modernity Memory, Space and Symbolism of The Hague -- 9. Urban Symbolism and the New Urbanism of Indonesia -- 10. Kudus and Blitar A Tale of Two Javanese Iconic Cities -- 11. Jakarta through Poetry -- 12.History in Bronze Competing Memories and Symbolic Representation in Albuquerque,New Mexico -- 13.The Resilient City New York after 9/11 and the New WTC Designs -- 14.Conclusion Feeling at Home in the City and the Codification of Urban Symbolism Research -- Contributors -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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