Walking in Cities: Quotidian Mobility as Urban Theory, Method, and Practice

Book Overview

Walking connects the rhythms of urban life to the configuration of urban spaces. As the contributors and editors show in Walking in Cities, walking also reflects the systematic inequalities that order contemporary urban life. Walking has different meanings because it can be a way of temporarily "taking possession" of urban space, or it can make the relatively powerless more vulnerable to crime. The essays in Walking in Cities explore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439912211
• ISBN13: 9781439912218
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"