{"product_id":"the-cultural-meaning-of-urban-space-9780897893190","title":"The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA cross-cultural approach to urban space. This is a collection of essays providing a range of case studies which aim to address important questions about space and power, processes of change, aesthetics and attitudes towards space, and social divisions expressed through urban life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction by Robert Rotenberg \u003cb\u003eThe Language of Place\u003c\/b\u003e The Geography of Emptiness by Gary W. McDonogh On the Salubrity of Sites by Robert Rotenberg Chinese Privacy by Deborah Pellow Rediscovering Shitamachi: Subculture, Class, and Tokyo's \"Traditional\" Urbanism by Theodore C. Bestor \u003cb\u003ePlace in the City\u003c\/b\u003e We Have Always Lived Under the Castle: Historical Symbols and the Maintenance of Meaning by John Mock Cultural Meaning of the Plaza: The History of the Spanish American Gridplan-Plaza Urban Design by Setha M. Low Italian Urbanscape: Intersection of Private and Public by Donald S. Pitkin Mapping Contested Terrains: Schoolrooms and Streetcorners in Urban Belize by Charles Rutheiser \u003cb\u003ePlanning and Response\u003c\/b\u003e Beyond Built Form and Culture in the Anthropological Study of Residential Community Spaces by Margaret Rodman Housing Abandonment in Inner-City Black Neighborhoods: A Case Study of the Effects of the Dual Housing Market by Susan D. Greenbaum Access to the Waterfront: Transformations of Meaning on the Toronto Lakeshore by Matthew Cooper Public Access on the Urban Waterfront: A Question of Vision by R. Timothy Sieber Bibliography Index","brand":"ABC-CLIO","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018509975895,"sku":"9780897893190","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780897893190.jpg?v=1750777165","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cultural-meaning-of-urban-space-9780897893190","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}