Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe

Madanipour, Ali; Knierbein, Sabine; Degros, Aglaée

"Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe is an excellent resource for teachers of Urban Studies, Urban Geography, or European regional urban courses. Students of European cities will learn that public spaces are "crossroads" that when critically analysed can reveal the complexity of European societies, the multiple forces shaping European cities, and the democratic potentials of public spaces." – Joaquín Villanueva, Gustavus Adolphus College

• Chapter 1 A moment of transformation Ali Madanipour, Sabine Knierbein, and Aglaée Degros Part I STRATEGIES, PLANS AND POLICIES Chapter 2 Urban spaces as public action ‘made durable’: Open spaces and urban change in Milan Massimo Bricocoli and Paola Savoldi Chapter 3 Vienna: (Re)framing public policies, (re)shaping public spaces? Sabine Knierbein, Ali Madanipour and Aglaée Degros Chapter 4 The Return of the port as public space in Antwerp Katja Hackenberg Chapter 5 Exchange in the street: Rethinking open-air markets in Budapest Levente Polyák Part II MULTIPLE ROLES OF PUBLIC SPACE Chapter 6 4,000,000 m² of public space: The Berlin ‘Tempelhofer Feld’ and a short walk with Lefebvre and Laclau Nikolai Roskamm Chapter 7 How to build the public spaces of a democracy? The design of new public spaces in the city centre of Dresden after reunification Chloë Voisin-Bormuth Chapter 8 Memorials and material dislocation: The politics of public space in Warsaw Jerzy Elżanowski Chapter 9 Urban public spaces in Switzerland: ‘Betwixt and between’ performance and competence Monika Litscher Part III EVERYDAY LIFE AND SHARING THE CITY Chapter 10 Urban transformation, social transition: Barbès, Paris, where ‘otherness’ takes (public) place Maria Anita Palumbo Chapter 11 Public, private and other spaces in multicultural Hackney, London: Spatial aspects of local ethnic-religious relations Penny (Panagiota) Koutrolikou Chapter 12 Inhabiting cities, domesticating public space: Making sense of the changing public life of contemporary London Regan Koch and Alan Latham Chapter 13 The everyday life and sharing of public and private open space in Istanbul’s informal settlements Noah Billig Chapter 14 Segregative power of violence in Belfast and Naples: Exploring the role of public spaces reconnecting divided societies Gabriella Esposito De Vita Chapter 15 Public space and the challenges of urban transformation in Europe Ali Madanipour, Sabine Knierbein, and Aglaée Degros References Index