Return to the Center: Culture, Public Space, and City Building in a Global Era

by Lawrence A. Herzog

The redesign and revitalization of traditional urban centers is the cutting edge of contemporary urban planning, as evidenced by the intense public and professional attention to the rebuilding of city cores from Berlin to New York City's "Ground Zero." Spanish and Latin American cities have never received the recognition they deserve in the urban revitalization debate, yet they offer a very relevant model for this "return to the center." These cultures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292712626
• ISBN13: 9780292712621
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 299 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 8.9"