Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Understanding Cairo Understanding Cairo David Sims Trying to make sense of the urban giant that is Cairo. "This book moves beyond superficial generalizations about Cairo as a chaotic metropolis in the developing world into an analysis of the ways the… OL16015254W
Watch this space Watch this space Hadley Dyer Presents an examination of public space -- what it is, why it's important, how to protect and expand it, and much more. OL18143508W
Die Kunst des urbanen Handelns / The Art of Urban Intervention Die Kunst des urbanen Handelns / The Art of Urban Intervention Judith Laister,Anton Lederer,Margarethe Makovec 288 p. : 23 cm OL20375303W
The heroic city The heroic city Rosemary Wakeman The Heroic City is a sparkling account of the fate of Paris's public spaces in the years following Nazi occupation and joyful liberation. Countering the traditional narrative that Paris's public land… OL2683494W
The right to the city The right to the city Mitchell, Don "Presented are a series of linked cases that explore the judicial response to public demonstrations by early twentieth-century workers, and comparable legal issues surrounding anti-abortion protests … OL2942336W
Rome Rome Rose Marie San Juan "Focusing on images and descriptions of movement and spectacle - everyday street activities, congregations in market piazzas, life in the Jewish ghetto and the plague hospital, papal and other ceremo… OL8530992W