Constructions of urban space

• Other Authors: Hutchinson, Ray
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Stamford, Conn. : JAI Press, 2000.
• Series: Research in urban sociology ; v. 5.
• Subjects: Sociology, Urban.; Public spaces.; City planning.; Space (Architecture); Urban geography.; Urban policy.; Social research & statistics.; Urban communities.; Social Science > Sociology > General.

Urban space has emerged as the central organizing construct in studies of the post-modern metropolis. Contributors to this volume write on how urban space is used and contested by different social groups, how urban space is transformed by the changing economic relationships manifested in the new wor...