Review of 'Insurgent Public Space: Guerilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities' Jeffrey Hou (Ed) London, Routledge, 2010, xii + 276 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-77965-0 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-41577-966-1 (Paperback)

Title
Review of 'Insurgent Public Space: Guerilla Urbanism and the Remaking of Contemporary Cities' Jeffrey Hou (Ed) London, Routledge, 2010, xii + 276 pp., ISBN 978-0-415-77965-0 (Hardback), ISBN 978-0-41577-966-1 (Paperback)
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Simpson, Brian H
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Routledge
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1080/13563475.2013.800031
UNE publication id
une:14639
Abstract
As the title of this book suggests this work is about the claiming and transformation of urban space by those who are often marginalized or excluded within cities. The book groups a series of chapters that provide different narratives on the remaking of cityscapes within the broader themes of appropriating, reclaiming, pluralizing, transgressing, uncovering and contesting. To a certain extent, the sectioning of the collection in this manner seems slightly artificial as each chapter speaks to most of these themes.
Link
Citation
International Planning Studies, 19(1), p. 105-108
ISSN
1469-9265
1356-3475
Start page
105
End page
108

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