Transcultural Cities - Border-Crossing and Placemaking

Zusatztext "Covering a diversity of cities all over the world, this collection of case studies is invaluable for its breadth of geographical scope. In providing a myriad of examples, the lessons gleaned from the case studies are many and wide-ranging… This book is an excellent contribution to the field of diversity planning and a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners involved in global, immigration and urban issues." – Serene K Tan, People, Place and Policy , University of Toronto, Canada Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Hou is Associate Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington. Zusammenfassung Transcultural Cities collects case studies of intercultural exchange and the urban transformations that have accompanied it. Jeffrey Hou and a talented team of multidisciplinary scholars argue for a more critical and open view of cities, urban places, and placemaking as vehicles for cross-cultural understanding. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Part One. Placemaking at the Margins Part Two. Placemaking in the Space of Flows Part Three. Bridging Spaces of Difference Part Four. Part Five. Struggles for Transcultural Cities Notes on Contributors

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey Hou, Jeffrey (University of Washington Hou, HOU JEFFREY, Hou Jeffrey
• Assisted by: Jeffrey Hou (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2013
• EAN: 9780415631419
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63141-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Sociology, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, The environment, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Human Geography, Urban communities, Development Studies, Urban and municipal planning and policy, City and town planning: architectural aspects, Civil engineering, surveying and building