Planning and Place in the City: Mapping Place Identity

ISBN-13: 9780415664752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 352 str.

Marichela Sepe

Opis

Under the influence of globalization, the centres of many cities in the industrialised world are losing their place identity, the set of cultural markers that define a city's uniqueness and make it instantly recognisable. A key task for planners and residents, working together, is to preserve that unique sense of place without making the city a parody of itself. In Planning and Place in the City, Marichela Sepe explores the preservation, reconstruction and enhancement of cultural heritage and place identity.

Recenzje

"...this book is a perfect addition to any urban practitioner’s library, helping to pin down the vague concept of place identity and offering a range of approaches of analysis and assessment, ultimately making the case for the author’s own PlaceMaker method." - Iris Levin, Flinders University of SA, The Brotherhood of St. Laurence

Spis treści

Acknowledgements.  Foreword.  Introduction: Planning the City – Mapping Place Identity  Part I Definition of the Field of Investigation  Section I Place and Place Identity as Key Concepts  Section II New Places in the Contemporary City  Part II Making Places for People  Section I Place Analysis and Planning Methods  Section II The PlaceMaker Method  Part III Case Studies  Section I Preserving Place Identity  Section II Reconstructing Place Identity  Section III Enhancing Place Identity  Conclusion: Towards a Sustainable Place Identity. Notes.  References.  Index

O autorze

Marichela Sepe is a researcher with the Italian National Research Council in Naples. Since 2003, she has served as a professor, and as a member of the Research Doctorate Committee in Urban Design and Planning at the University of Naples. Sepe is on the Steering Committee of Inu - Instituto Nazionale di Urbanistica (Italian National Institute of Urban Planning), and member of Urban Design Group and EURA (European Urban Research Association).