Loukaitou-Sideris, Anastasia, 1958-

Sidewalks : conflict and negotiation over public space / Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Renia Ehrenfeucht. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009. - 328 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Urban and industrial environments . - Urban and industrial environments. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-314) and index.

Introduction: The social, economic, and political life of sidewalks -- Construction and evolution of sidewalks -- Promenading and the performance of individual identities -- Performing collective identities : parades, festivals, and celebrations -- Everyday politics and the right to the sidewalk -- Sidewalk as space of dissent -- Sidewalk as space of economic survival -- Sidewalk as shelter -- Sidewalk as urban forest -- Controlling danger, creating fear -- Municipalities in control -- Revisiting public space and the role of sidewalks.

026212307X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262123075 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Public spaces.
Sidewalks.

HT153 / .L67 2009

388.4/11