Exploring the Production of Urban Space: Differential Space in Three Post-Industrial Cities - Hardcover

Michael Edema Leary-Owhin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1447305744 ISBN 13: 9781447305743

Publisher: Policy Press, 2016

Synopsis

The ideas of Henri Lefebvre on the production of urban space have become increasingly useful for understanding worldwide post-industrial city transformation. This important book uses new international comparative research to engage critically with Lefebvre s spatial theories and challenge recent thinking about the nature of urban space. Meticulous research in Vancouver, Lowell MA and Manchester, England, explains how urban public spaces, including differential space, are contested and socially produced. Spatial coalitions, counter-representations and counterprojects are seen as vital elements in such processes. The book contributes critically to the post-industrial city comparative analysis literature. It provides an accessible guide for those who care about cities, public space, city planning and urban policy. This interdisciplinary book will be of interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of urban: geography, planning, policy, politics, regeneration and sociology. It will also be relevant for politicians, policy makers and urban activists.

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About the Author

Michael Leary-Owhin has 20 years experience in the field of urban regeneration. He is a chartered town planner and has worked in the public and private sectors. Currently, he is senior lecturer and course director (MA Urban Regeneration and MA Planning Policy and Practice) at London South Bank University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1447305744
• ISBN 13: 9781447305743
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 380
• Editor: Michael Edema Leary-Owhin