Insurgent Public Space: Guerrilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0415779669 ISBN 13: 9780415779661

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

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Review:

"[W]hat this book provides through its narratives are strategies which have led to at least some remaking of the cities mentioned and through that hope for more inclusive cities in the future." – International Planning Studies Journal, Brian Simpson, University of New England, Australia

"All chapters are short and to the point; they are written in a reader-friendly manner, with a limited amount of theoretical abstractions and jargon. Furthermore, the case studies are illustrated by a good number of well-chosen and eye-catching photographs." – Society and Space - Environment and Planning D, Ioannis Chorianopoulos, University of the Aegean, Greece

"For the reader open to rethinking the nature of public space, Insurgent Public Space is an energizing read." – Carolina Planning, Maire Dekle

"Due to the book’s broad range of articles, the book will appeal not only to serious scholars, students and academics, but also to working professionals and citizens whose personal interests touch on the public realm. The discussion on public defiance has broadened to include more people and a more nuanced understanding of public spaces, and Hou’s book offers a refreshing, critical glimpse into these acts of spatial resistance." – Berkeley Planning Journal, Nicola Szibbo, UC Berkeley

About the Author:

Jeffrey Hou is Chair and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle. His research and practice focus on design activism and engaging marginalized social groups in the making of public space. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Planning and M.Arch. from University of California, Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0415779669
• ISBN 13: 9780415779661
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Hou Jeffrey