The Cultural Meaning of Urban Space

by Gary W. McDonogh and Robert Rotenberg

Book Overview

This book presents a cross-cultural approach to the study of urban space. Essays written by major contributors in contemporary urban studies provide a range of case studies from Asia, Latin America, North America, and Europe to address important questions about space and power, processes of change, aesthetics and attitudes toward space, and social divisions expressed through urban life. The essays fall into three interlocking sections: conceptual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897893190
• ISBN13: 9780897893190
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"