Overview
Introduces temporary appropriation as a concept for analyzing human behavior, cities, and urban sustainability issues
Presents a cross-disciplinary analysis addressing themes such as citizenship, social sustainability, public health, and crime
Brings together contributions by international authors with various areas of expertise
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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About this book
This book conceptualises and illustrates temporary appropriation as an urban phenomenon, exploring its contributions to citizenship, urban social sustainability and urban health. It explains how some forms of appropriation can be subversive, existing in a grey area between legal and illegal activities in the city.
The book explores the complex and the multi-scalar nature of temporary appropriation, and touches on its relationship to issues such as:
- sustainability and building re-use;
- culture;
- inclusivity, including socio-spatial inclusion;
- streetscape design;
- homelessness; and
- regulations controlling the use of public spaces.
Since urban populations are certain to grow further, this is a key topic for understanding urban dynamics, and this book will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Temporary Appropriation in Cities
Book Subtitle: Human Spatialisation in Public Spaces and Community Resilience
Editors: Alessandro Melis, Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez, James Thompson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32120-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32119-2Published: 02 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32120-8Published: 12 December 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 256
Topics: Sustainable Development, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns), Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings, Urban Studies/Sociology