Exploring the production of urban space

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4473-0574-3
Verlag: Policy Press

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 737 g

The ideas of Henri Lefebvre on the production of urban space have become increasingly useful for understanding worldwide post-industrial city transformation. This important book uses new international comparative research to engage critically with Lefebvre’s spatial theories and challenge recent thinking about the nature of urban space.

Meticulous research in Vancouver, Lowell MA and Manchester, England, explains how urban public spaces, including differential space, are contested and socially produced. Spatial coalitions, counter-representations and counterprojects are seen as vital elements in such processes. The book contributes critically to the post-industrial city comparative analysis literature. It provides an accessible guide for those who care about cities, public space, city planning and urban policy. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of urban: geography, planning, policy, politics, regeneration and sociology. It will also be relevant for politicians, policy makers and urban activists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leary-Owhin, Michael Edema

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Cities and public space;

Vancouver: (Re)presenting urban space;

Vancouver: Producing urban public space and city transformation;

Lowell (Re)presenting urban space;

Lowell: Producing urban public space and city transformation;

Manchester (Re)presenting urban space;

Manchester: Producing urban public space and city transformation;

Venturing beyond Lefebvre: Producing differential space;

Conclusions: Differential space implications.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Leary-Owhin has 20 years’ experience in the field of urban regeneration. He is a chartered town planner and has worked in the public and private sectors. Michael has published in a range of academic journals, contributes regularly to major international conferences and is the co-editor (2013) of The Routledge Companion to Urban Regeneration. Currently, he is senior lecturer and course director (MA Urban Regeneration and MA Planning Policy and Practice) at London South Bank University.