Urban Smellscapes: Understanding and Designing City Smell Environments

by Victoria Henshaw

Book Overview

We see the city, we hear the city, but above all: we smell the city. Scent has unique qualities: ubiquity, persistence, and an unparalleled connection to memory, yet it has gone overlooked in discussions of sensory design. What scents shape the city? How does scent contribute to placemaking? How do we design smell environments in the city?

Urban Smellscapes makes a notable contribution towards the growing body of literature on the senses...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415662060
• ISBN13: 9780415662062
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"