Urban Public Spaces

From Planned Policies to Everyday Politics (Illustrated with Brazilian Case Studies)

AvLucia Capanema Alvares,Jorge Luiz Barbosa

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book is about understanding, contextualizing and carrying out critical analyzes of the policies intended and/or implemented by the various public and private actors in urban public spaces, as well as the daily, or eventual, politics exercised by the organized civil society and by citizens.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-19
Mått:155 x 235 x 8 mm
Vikt:313 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Urban Book Series
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030089467

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Geografi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Lucia Capanema-Alvares is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urban Planning of the Federal Fluminense University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Jorge Luiz Barbosa is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Program in Geography of the Federal Fluminense University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This book includes contributions from leading experts: Ana Fany A. Carlos, Cristóvão Duarte, Eugenio Queiroga, Lia Beatriz Torraca, Angelo Serpa, and Vera Tângari. The foreword was written by Prof. Roger Caves.

Innehållsförteckning

A multi-dimensional frame for analyzing Urban Public Spaces policies and politics.- The power of the body in public space: Urban as a deprivation of the right to the city.- Reinventing public spaces: Politics of oneself and politics with many others.- A Cornered Democracy: the echoes of the 2013 demonstrations in Rio de Janeiro and the architecture of a crisis.- Leisure and work in contemporary urban-metropolitan space: Perspectives, tendencies and utopias.- Open Public Spaces and the vita activa.- Open Space Systems in Rio de Janeiro: the public and private spheres reflected in the urban landscape.- The “re-invention” of the city through the favelas.- In the guise of a (global) comprehension: a multidimensional analysis of Urban Public Spaces through selected authors.